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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to work with livestock feed
   • Check work to be undertaken from work program and confirm with supervisor where necessary.
   • Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks and apply suitable control measures
   • Select, use and maintain suitable personal protective equipment
   • Select, check and maintain tools and equipment suitable for the work to be undertaken
   • Identify environmental impacts of undertaking work, assess likely outcomes and, if necessary, take responsible action
   • Calibrate scales and containers to be used for measurements
   • Identify ingredients from instructions and obtain from storage locations
   • Measure ingredients in the specified ratios and quantities
   • Blend ingredients adequately and hygienically in the manner specified using appropriate equipment
   • Carry out grinding, where required, in the manner specified and using appropriate equipment
2. Feed livestock
   • Store feed appropriately
   • Check the physical quality, quantity and type of feed on their arrival to the shed
   • Feed livestock at scheduled time, rate and frequency
   • Maintain quality and hygiene of feed throughout the feeding process
3. Apply and maintain feedlot hygiene and biosecurity procedures
   • Examine livestock entering feedlot, check their documentation and quarantine them for specified period
   • Maintain cleanliness and hygiene by selecting and using appropriate cleaning methods
   • Maintain thorough personal hygiene practices in all activities associated with handling livestock, including reducing risks from diseases transmissible to humans (zoonotic diseases)
   • Dismantle and clean equipment and fittings and replace correctly
   • Place and dispose of waste and debris in allocated areas, and ensure run-off is managed according to the Feedlot Code of Practice, environmental legislation and public health standards
   • Check and sign in visitors to feedlot according to enterprise and industry procedures

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

apply relevant work health and safety requirements, identify hazards and implement safe work procedures

prepare equipment and machinery mixing feed

identify a range of grain and feed types and qualities

mix livestock feed

feed livestock

follow relevant procedures for the safe and environmentally responsible disposal of waste

apply and maintain relevant feedlot hygiene and biosecurity procedures

apply relevant animal welfare practices

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

relevant work health and safety requirements

relevant biosecurity requirements

relevant animal welfare practices

tools and equipment used for working with livestock feed, their functions and maintenance

environmental impacts of working with livestock feed and mitigation methods

measurement systems for livestock feed, and calibration and maintenance of measuring equipment

types of grains and feed ingredients (grains, meals, vitamins, minerals and premix formulations) used for feeding livestock, their functions, characteristics and quality assessment methods

methods and equipment for blending and grinding of feed

methods of storage and handling of livestock feed and impact of feed quality changes on livestock

livestock feeding programs and impact of program changes or variations on livestock

impact of biosecurity practices on livestock in a feedlot

cleaning methods, cleaning agents, their proper use and disposal, and relevant Work Health and Safety practices

common zoonoses and their impacts on human and livestock health

management and disposal of waste, debris and run-offs according to relevant biosecurity and environmental regulations, codes pf practice, industry and enterprise standards

management of and biosecurity requirements for visitors to the feedlot

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