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Knowledge Evidence
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
permaculture practices with regard to killing small livestock, such as:need to supply meat for domestic human or animal consumptionneed to cull pest animals such as rabbitsneed to cull animals in excessneed to destroy old or sick small livestockhealth restrictions and laws applying to the slaughter of livestock for sale, including not offering for sale small livestock slaughtered for domestic consumption, except where these laws are well understood and adhered to)relevant legislative work health and safety requirements, especially where they relate to livestock and slaughter, and animal handling techniquesanimal welfare legislation, such as:meat industry health and safety guidelinesAustralian standard for hygienic production of meat for human consumptionANZFA food standards codestate and territory regulations regarding meat slaughter handling and consumptionindustry and enterprise quality assurance standardswithholding periodsanimal welfare legislationdisease control legislation and requirementswithholding periodsusable products other than meat, such as:feathersskinschicken feet and combsusable offal and offal disposal regulations, such as:select cuts, such as poultry offal or rabbit kidneys, that are fit for human consumptionhandling offal safely and hygienicallyhuman health and hygienehealth issues affecting both humans and small livestockend uses for animal carcasses, such as:meat for human consumptiondisposal of culled old or sick small livestockmaximising useful meat cuts and other products of slaughterstorage or treatment of products from animal slaughter, such as:cool room, refrigerator and freezersmoke-house or curing facilitiessalting barrelcauldron or large boiler for cooked treatmentscontainers for storagepoultry and small animal carcass hanging methods, such as: dressing to avoid cuts to carcass or peltpreparing skin for drying, storage or disposalprotecting from dust, heat, flies, wild birds or wild animals with appropriate gauze or bags or shelters until process is completecold room or cool roomrefrigerator or freezer