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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare animals for breeding
   • Joining areas are identified and prepared using a range of selection factors.
   • Animals are handled safely and humanely to minimise stress and discomfort.
   • Animals are drafted according to mating plan and in appropriate ratios to encourage optimum mating.
   • Siring requirements are determined and met in advance of mating.
   • Animals are prepared and examined for mating.
2. Implement breeding program and monitor mating
   • Veterinary advice is accessed according to animals' needs, enterprise requirements and industry practice.
   • Dates and timing of breeding are identified and scheduled
   • Physical examination of animals is carried out to evaluate health and welfare status of animal.
   • Behaviour of animals during joining is observed to identify necessity of intervention and assistance.
   • Assistance is provided as required.
3. Complete breeding program
   • Where required, sires are removed from herd, mob or flock.
   • Mating activity is monitored to ensure successful joinings have occurred, to identify problems and to effect remedial action as required.
   • Pregnancy testing is carried out to determine the effectiveness of joining
   • Data is recorded and documented to develop history of mating performance and outcomes.
   • Industry information of emerging and prevailing practices are researched and compared with enterprise practice to recommend future improvements.

Required Skills

Required skills

identify hazards and oversee safe systems of work prepare animals for joining monitor joining activity use literacy skills to read interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures develop sequenced written instructions record accurately and legibly information collected and select and apply procedures to a range of tasks use oral communication skillslanguage competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning active listening asking for clarification negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views use numeracy skills to estimate calculate and record routine and more complex workplace measures and data use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

mating behaviour anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs and reproductive process in animals live weights and conditions for mating environmental influences and their effects on joining ovulation stimulation and synchronisation enterprises breeding programs and selection criteria EBV breeding principles pregnancy testing animal health and abnormalities enterprise and industry identification system for animals relevant StateTerritory legislation regulations and Codes of Practice with regard to workplace Occupational Health and Safety OHS and animal welfare legislative and regulatory controls with regard to breeding programs enterprise and industry policies with regard to recording and reporting requirements identification of veterinary and nonveterinary procedures

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following select appropriate joining areas carry out physical examination of sires and females for health and breeding soundness draft livestock into appropriate ratios to encourage optimum mating monitor mating activity and returns to oestrus identify and implement remedial action as required record details of mating
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Livestock may include:	sheep goats pigs horses alpacas deer beef and dairy cattle.

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