Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess breeding requirements
- Assess and clarify breeding requirements
- Identify and arrange resources to support breeding requirements
- Select breeding options to optimise results and consistency
- Undertake economic assessments to establish the feasibility of the breeding objectives
- Formulate breeding program to meet enterprise objectives, and ensure sufficient flexibility to accommodate contingencies
- Select livestock for breeding
- Determine selection criteria for the visual and objective methods of selecting livestock based on heritability and economic returns for the enterprise
- Establish culling and replacement practices to maintain or improve appropriate herd size, animal ratios and grade of livestock
- Assess genetic gain potential to determine and justify herd or flock structure
- Source genetic material to optimise genetic gain within the herd or flock from suitable sources
- Check and monitor selected livestock to ensure condition and welfare status meets breeding program requirements
- Carry out measurements of production and genetic characteristics and evaluate results within appropriate breeding program requirements
- Monitor breeding program
- Monitor implementation of the breeding program for efficiency and effectiveness
- Prioritise and implement changes necessary to achieve breeding aims according to breeding program requirements
- Monitor and control allocated resources within enterprise budgetary constraints
- Maintain safe workplace and environmentally responsible practices in line with industry and enterprise work health and safety and environment sustainability requirements
- Observe and comply with relevant legislative requirements associated with livestock production such as animal welfare and biosecurity requirements
- Evaluate breeding program
- Review and evaluate breeding program processes and outcomes against enterprise objectives
- Evaluate performance of facilities, resources and equipment for effectiveness and efficiency
- Evaluate effectiveness of selection criteria for contribution to achievement of breeding aims and enterprise profitability
- Document relevant information for continual assessment to inform future practice