Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

ACMATE507 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage the parturition of transgenic mice or rats

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Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency ACMATE507 - Manage the parturition of transgenic mice or rats
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage the process of stages of natural and caesarean births and management of transgenic mice or rat pups.The unit applies to individuals who work as animal technicians in research and teaching facilities that require transgenic laboratory animals for scientific purposes where it is necessary to monitor natural birth or perform caesarean sections and rear offspring for transgenic programs. No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.NOTE: The terms 'occupational health and safety' (OHS) and 'work health and safety' (WHS) generally have the same meaning in the workplace. In jurisdictions where the national model WHS legislation has not been implemented, RTOs must contextualise the unit of competency by referring to current OHS legislative requirements.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Prepare for procedures and maintain documentation
  • Comply with institutional protocols, policies and procedures as set down by the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) and relevant legislative requirements, including WHS, at all times
  • Identify regulatory and project documentation requirements
  • Verify project reproductive and breeding program objectives
  • Revise, review, maintain and update records according to institutional policies and procedures
       
Element: Monitor natural birth of transgenic offspring
  • Identify signs of parturition
  • Monitor birth and make decision to foster pups or leave with birth mother
  • House and monitor mother and offspring to minimise stress to animals
       
Element: Perform caesarean procedures
  • Justify need for caesarean section and confirm AEC approval
  • Prepare equipment, including personal protective equipment and medications
  • Euthanase female by cervical dislocation or sedate and euthanase
  • Conduct caesarean procedure
  • Collect, identify, check and monitor pups
  • Euthanase birth mother (if not previously) and dispose of carcass according to legislative requirements
       
Element: Foster pups onto clean mother
  • Verify clean or dirty status of the mother and separate handling and treatment areas of each group according to biosecurity requirements
  • Select and prepare foster mother prior to caesarean surgery of birth mother
  • Select and prepare area for fostering to ensure minimal stress to foster mother and pups
  • Allocate pups to foster mother and monitor bonding
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Comply with institutional protocols, policies and procedures as set down by the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) and relevant legislative requirements, including WHS, at all times 
Identify regulatory and project documentation requirements 
Verify project reproductive and breeding program objectives 
Revise, review, maintain and update records according to institutional policies and procedures 
Identify signs of parturition 
Monitor birth and make decision to foster pups or leave with birth mother 
House and monitor mother and offspring to minimise stress to animals 
Justify need for caesarean section and confirm AEC approval 
Prepare equipment, including personal protective equipment and medications 
Euthanase female by cervical dislocation or sedate and euthanase 
Conduct caesarean procedure 
Collect, identify, check and monitor pups 
Euthanase birth mother (if not previously) and dispose of carcass according to legislative requirements 
Verify clean or dirty status of the mother and separate handling and treatment areas of each group according to biosecurity requirements 
Select and prepare foster mother prior to caesarean surgery of birth mother 
Select and prepare area for fostering to ensure minimal stress to foster mother and pups 
Allocate pups to foster mother and monitor bonding 

Forms

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ACMATE507 - Manage the parturition of transgenic mice or rats
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