AHCPLY211 - Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AHCPLY211 Mapping and Delivery Guide Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks
Version 1.0 Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification
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Unit of Competency
AHCPLY211 - Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application
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 to handle eggs
Confirm and follow personal hygiene and other biosecurity procedures that apply to entering and working on a poultry breeding farm or facility
Identify health and safety hazards, assess risks, and control and/or report risks related to handling, collecting, sorting, packing and storing eggs
Select and fit appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) required for handling, collecting, sorting, packing and storing eggs
Check work area and equipment are clean and ready for operation
Ensure nests and egg belts are free of sick, injured or dead birds and other obstructions using safe and low stress animal handling techniques
Collect eggs manually or mechanically from nesting system
Collect floor eggs and keep separate
Operate egg handling equipment and control flow of eggs according to enterprise procedures
Remove very dirty, cracked, leaking or weak-shelled eggs manually or mechanically
Wash eggs as required using approved sanitisers and temperatures
Sort eggs into settable and non-settable and categories within each
Place eggs on appropriate trays with pointed end down
Assemble and stack trays in categories, and label according to enterprise procedures
Transfer eggs to storage in order of age, category or dispatch order
Operate egg storage facilities and/or cool rooms according to enterprise procedures
Fumigate eggs if required
Separate all eggs selected for human consumption according to state/territory legislative requirements
Complete records according to enterprise requirements
Element: Clean and/or sanitise work areas and equipment
Identify health and safety hazards, assess risks, and control and/or report risks associated with cleaning and/or sanitising work areas and equipment
Select and fit appropriate PPE required for cleaning and/ or sanitising
Measure chemicals and prepare cleaning fluids safely according to supplier instructions and enterprise procedures
Check and prepare cleaning equipment
Clean and disinfect or sanitise egg belts/conveyors, equipment and work area
Check, clean and sanitise cool room and related equipment if required
Take and prepare swab and/or samples for testing as required
Dispose of non-settable eggs and waste according to enterprise biosecurity and environmental procedures
Check for pests, vermin and/or predators and implement controls if required, according to enterprise procedures
Complete records and report issues promptly
Submission Requirements
List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here
Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:
(add new lines for each of the assessment tasks)
Assessment Tasks
Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
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
Confirm and follow personal hygiene and other biosecurity procedures that apply to entering and working on a poultry breeding farm or facility
Identify health and safety hazards, assess risks, and control and/or report risks related to handling, collecting, sorting, packing and storing eggs
Select and fit appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) required for handling, collecting, sorting, packing and storing eggs
Check work area and equipment are clean and ready for operation
Ensure nests and egg belts are free of sick, injured or dead birds and other obstructions using safe and low stress animal handling techniques
Collect eggs manually or mechanically from nesting system
Collect floor eggs and keep separate
Operate egg handling equipment and control flow of eggs according to enterprise procedures
Remove very dirty, cracked, leaking or weak-shelled eggs manually or mechanically
Wash eggs as required using approved sanitisers and temperatures
Sort eggs into settable and non-settable and categories within each
Place eggs on appropriate trays with pointed end down
Assemble and stack trays in categories, and label according to enterprise procedures
Transfer eggs to storage in order of age, category or dispatch order
Operate egg storage facilities and/or cool rooms according to enterprise procedures
Fumigate eggs if required
Separate all eggs selected for human consumption according to state/territory legislative requirements
Complete records according to enterprise requirements
Identify health and safety hazards, assess risks, and control and/or report risks associated with cleaning and/or sanitising work areas and equipment
Select and fit appropriate PPE required for cleaning and/ or sanitising
Measure chemicals and prepare cleaning fluids safely according to supplier instructions and enterprise procedures
Check and prepare cleaning equipment
Clean and disinfect or sanitise egg belts/conveyors, equipment and work area
Check, clean and sanitise cool room and related equipment if required
Take and prepare swab and/or samples for testing as required
Dispose of non-settable eggs and waste according to enterprise biosecurity and environmental procedures
Check for pests, vermin and/or predators and implement controls if required, according to enterprise procedures
Complete records and report issues promptly
Forms
Assessment Cover Sheet
AHCPLY211 - Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks
Assessment task 1: [title]
Student name:
Student ID:
I declare that the assessment tasks submitted for this unit are my own work.
Student signature:
Result: Competent Not yet competent
Feedback to student
Assessor name:
Signature:
Date:
Assessment Record Sheet
AHCPLY211 - Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks
Student name:
Student ID:
Assessment task 1: [title] Result: Competent Not yet competent
(add lines for each task)
Feedback to student:
Overall assessment result: Competent Not yet competent