Elements and Performance Criteria
- Verify identification
- Apply ear brand
- Restrain animals in a humane manner, for safety of greyhound, handler and operator
- Prepare ear branding equipment according to workplace health and safety requirements
- Apply ear brand using humane techniques
- Complete documentation according to racing industry and workplace procedures
- Use industry identification features to distinguish and identify greyhounds
- Use whelping certificates and other industry documentation to verify relationship of greyhound to declared parents
- Estimate and compare age of greyhound with breeding and industry documentation