Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain kennels
- Establish and implement kennel routines and procedures, according to industry standards
- Clean facilities and disinfect kennels
- Maintain greyhound housing to industry and animal welfare codes of practice standards
- Apply WHS protocols, according to animal welfare standards
- Establish protocols to meet legislative, local authority requirements and to comply with industry codes of practice
- Manage early development of growing greyhounds
- Establish and monitor greyhounds in group and individual housing systems
- Develop and implement procedures for socialisation, enrichment and training of young greyhounds according to industry standards and greyhound welfare principles
- Identify when a greyhound is ready for education
- Catch, lead and control young greyhounds and provide them with exercise opportunities
- Familiarise greyhounds with approved equipment used in training and racing greyhounds
- Monitor wellbeing of greyhounds
- Identify and recognise the characteristics of a healthy greyhound
- Identify, recognise and report symptoms of common illnesses and injuries
- Implement general health maintenance and preventative treatment procedures for greyhounds according to health and safety practices
- Develop and implement a nutrition program according to greyhound welfare policies and determine the need for veterinary assistance or other specialist advice
- Observe and report variations of individual greyhound eating and drinking patterns
- Administer medications and treatments, according to veterinary instructions or other specialist advice
- Develop and maintain kennel records
- Identify workplace contractual records and establish a boarding contract, where necessary
- Maintain administrative and medical records according to industry standards
- Establish and implement kennel routines and procedures, according to industry standards
- Clean facilities and disinfect kennels
- Maintain greyhound housing to industry and animal welfare codes of practice standards
- Apply WHS protocols, according to animal welfare standards
- Establish protocols to meet legislative, local authority requirements and to comply with industry codes of practice