Subjects
Total number of units = 15
Core Units = 2
Elective Units = 13
Core Units
Livestock
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Comply with industry animal welfare requirements |
Work health and safety
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Contribute to work health and safety processes |
Elective Units
Select 6 units from Group A
Select 4 units from Group A or Group B
3 units aligned to AQF levels 2, 3, or 4 may be selected from the elective list, or this or any other endorsed Training Package or Accredited Course
Selected units must be relevant to job outcomes in pork production and must be chosen to ensure the integrity of the qualification outcome at AQF level 3
Group A
Biosecurity
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Apply biosecurity measures |
Livestock
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Administer medication to livestock | |
Carry out post-mortem examination of livestock | |
Euthanase livestock | |
Identify and draft livestock | |
Implement animal health control programs | |
Monitor livestock production growing environments | |
Prepare animals for parturition | |
Rear newborn and young livestock | |
Maintain and monitor feed stocks | |
Remove and facilitate reuse of effluent and manure from an intensive production system |
Pork production
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Pregnancy test pigs | |
Artificially inseminate pigs |
Work
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Coordinate work site activities | |
Apply environmentally sustainable work practices |
Group B
Artificial insemination
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Process and store semen |
Infrastructure
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Plan and construct an electric fence |
Livestock
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Carry out feedlot operations | |
Maintain livestock water supplies | |
Coordinate and monitor production performance | |
Implement feeding plans for intensive production | |
Implement feeding plans for livestock | |
Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock | |
Slaughter livestock | |
Coordinate and monitor livestock transport | |
Transport farm produce or bulk materials | |
Castrate livestock | |
Mix and mill standard stockfeed | |
Collect, store and administer colostrum |
Machinery Operation and Maintenance
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Operate two wheel motorbikes | |
Operate tractors | |
Operate basic machinery and equipment | |
Operate vehicles | |
Conduct front-end loader operations | |
Operate side by side utility vehicles | |
Operate quad bikes | |
Operate specialised machinery and equipment |
Natural Area Restoration
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Collect and preserve biological samples |
Pest management
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Implement pest management strategies |
Pork production
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Care for weaner pigs | |
Conduct outdoor pig operations | |
Treat rectal prolapse in pigs | |
Mate pigs and monitor dry sow performance | |
Care for grower and finisher pigs | |
Monitor and maintain outdoor pig production | |
Maintain outdoor pig production environment |
Work
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Participate in workplace communications |