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The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
permaculture principlesanimal care, maintenance and treatment programs, such as:maintenance of animal housing, enclosures and fencing, covering hygiene and welfareensuring availability of suitable forage, fodder and supplementary feedstuffs, and adjusting stocking rates, ranging and rotation schedules to suitcoordinating integration of animal ranging and maintenance with plant production systems (ranging in orchard to manure trees, reduce weeds, pests, eat windfall fruit, tractoring systems, compost manures and housing litter, maintain firebreaks)researching, assessing, sourcing and preparing supplementary stock feed requirements, feeding quantities and schedulesresearching and applying organic alternatives for treating stock in compliance with organic certification authorities, which may include herbal and homoeopathic treatments, mineral and vitamin supplements and permitted medicationsdeveloping appropriate handling procedures to reduce stress harvesting, sourcing and handling useable products (such as milking and collecting eggs)requirements for animal housing, enclosures and fencinganimal health and nutrition requirementsinformation documented in animal care, maintenance and treatment records, such asstocking ratesrotation schedulespasture conditionfeeding detailsharvest recordsdetails of equipment and materials usedthe performance of equipment, faults and malfunctionsnumber of treated livestock and details of treatment, including spur docking for roosters, hoof trimming and other mechanical, non-chemical treatmentsany testing carried out and resultsexpiry of withholding periodsevaluation of treatment effectivenessobserved abnormalities or behaviour in livestockmethods for harvesting, sourcing and handling useable products (e.g. milking, collecting eggs)types of parasite infestation, their symptoms and seasonal incidencetypes of health promotion practices, including allowable organic methodsassessing the requirements of the particular animals for shelter, enclosure, rotation, food and medicinal plantsdosage and rates of treatments appropriate to the identified type of animal, its body weight and severity of infestation, infection or injuryrelevant Codes of Practice with regard to the safe use and handling of hazardous substanceswithholding periods for treated animals