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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine requirements
   • Assess and clarify requirements for livestock handling facilities
   • Negotiate and confirm cost structures and timelines within enterprise budgetary constraints
   • Obtain and assess plans for livestock handling facilities from a variety of sources
2. Undertake a site analysis
   • Inspect location of new or existing site and record physical elements and features of the site for assessment of suitability
   • Specify surveys to be undertaken and determine tolerances according to enterprise requirements
   • Assess and determine site preparation requirements according to enterprise policies and site parameters
3. Prepare a design brief
   • Modify plans appropriate to the individual site and enterprise objectives
   • Assess options to modify existing facilities or establish alternative handling operations and obtain quotes
   • Identify relevant work health and safety, animal welfare, biosecurity and environment sustainability requirements, codes of practice, enterprise quality assurance requirements and incorporate them into the plan
   • Identify legal requirements and constraints on development processes
   • Prepare design brief and undertake consultation to establish agreement on options and approaches for development
4. Develop a final plan
   • Prepare recommendations based on the analysis of data and enterprise instructions
   • Obtain authorisations and approvals required for implementation of the plan
   • Produce detailed plan with considerations for work health and safety, animal welfare, biosecurity and environmental implications and enterprise objectives

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:

assess the need for livestock handling facilities

evaluate and recommend alternative options

determine the site and design the handling facility for the site

incorporate work health and safety and animal welfare requirements, potential environmental impacts and enterprise operational principles for livestock handling and movement into design

estimate cost of building the designed facilities

develop a detailed plan for livestock handling facility

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

livestock behaviour and design interactions

enterprise livestock handling facility requirements

requirements of transportation vehicles and loading areas

costing methodologies

livestock handling options and accommodation facilities and their uses

site constraints in relation to livestock handling facilities

industry and legislative requirements for the planning and establishment of livestock handling facilities

relevant work health and safety legislative requirements

codes of practice with regard to environmental protection and animal welfare

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