Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to assist other personnel, such as horticulturists, to establish and maintain a plantation for animal feed requirements.
This unit applies to senior or more experienced keepers with extensive zoo keeping or related experience who supervise others and provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to 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.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Assist with establishing and maintaining a zoological plantation | 1.1 Identify and source plantation requirements 1.2 Assist in establishing a plantation 1.3 Implement plantation management strategies according to WHS and workplace policies and procedures 1.4 Conduct daily plantation activities |
2. Calculate and harvest animal food requirements | 2.1 Calculate animal food requirements 2.2 Harvest plantation 2.3 Advise personnel about maintaining the plantation to meet animal requirements 2.4 Maintain and store plantation records according to workplace policies and procedures |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria
Skill | Description |
Numeracy | Identify the nutritional content of various plantation food and calculate requirements to suit specific needs |
Get the work done | Research plantation requirements for specific animals |
Sectors
Captive Animals (CAN)