Elements and Performance Criteria
- Oversee humane handling of animals
- Identify potential animal welfare risks and existing management procedures
- Identify animal welfare requirements in legislation, regulation and workplace procedures
- Oversee handling of animals according to workplace and regulatory requirements
- Oversee and monitor facilities and procedures for handling and restraining animals according to workplace and regulatory requirements
- Implement corrective actions when handling of animals or when facilities are not according to workplace and regulatory requirements
- Oversee humane euthanasia or slaughter of animals
- Oversee effective restraint and stunning (where applicable), prior to euthanasing or slaughtering of animals to ensure compliance with workplace and regulatory requirements
- Oversee bleeding of animals to ensure compliance with workplace and regulatory requirements
- Oversee monitoring of bleed chain insensibility (where applicable) to ensure compliance with workplace and regulatory requirements
- Handle contingencies