Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine breeding plans
- Assess and clarify individual breeding program objectives and requirements according to industry, legislation, regulations, animal welfare and ethics, codes of practice and requirements
- Apply industry breeding regulations and animal welfare requirements
- Identify resources required to support breeding requirements
- Select animals for breeding
- Use basic genetic concepts to help meet individual breeding program objectives according to animal welfare and ethical breeding procedures
- Assess pedigree information and anatomical traits to determine suitability for breeding
- Select animals for breeding according to industry standards, industry performance indicators and industry accepted breeding techniques
- Ensure examinations and tests to confirm suitability of selected animals for breeding are carried out when required
- Monitor breeding programs
- Communicate, orally and in writing, breeding program strategies and procedures to staff, and provide training opportunities as required
- Identify potential risks to animals during breeding, birth and early life, evaluate options for managing the risk, and prepare in case of emergencies
- Oversee the provision of gestational nutrition, health and emergency care to greyhounds
- Identify external influences on eventual success, and develop procedures and protocols to minimise their effects
- Prioritise and implement changes necessary to achieve breeding program objectives
- Evaluate breeding programs
- Review and evaluate breeding program processes and outcomes against industry performance indicators, and update breeding plans based on outcomes
- Assess and update criteria used to select animals for breeding to meet the requirements of the breeding program and industry requirements
- Coordinate the maintenance of breeding records according to industry codes of practice, breeding program requirements and workplace procedures