Certificate III in Pork Production - AHC30422
Squad Training
Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS:
This qualification describes the skills and knowledge required to work safely and effectively in a range of skilled roles in the pork industry, including piggery attendant and stock person.Individuals in these roles perform pork production tasks under broad direction which involve discretion and judgement in handling, housing, feeding, routine health care and moving pigs. They take responsibility for their own work, carry out assigned tasks, coordinate processes and tasks, work to schedules, operate equipment, solve problems and comply with animal welfare requirements. Work environments may include indoor and outdoor pork production systems.Commonwealth and/or state/territory health and safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and biosecurity legislation, regulations and codes of practice apply to keeping and working with pigs. Requirements vary between jurisdictions.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Carry out feedlot operations
- Artificially inseminate pigs
- Implement animal health control programs
- Plan and construct an electric fence
- Collect and preserve biological samples
- Monitor dry sow performance
- Mate pigs naturally
- Apply biosecurity measures
- Coordinate and monitor livestock transport
- Operate tractors
- Slaughter livestock
- Identify and draft livestock
- Operate specialised machinery and equipment
- Implement pest management strategies
- Operate two wheel motorbikes
- Monitor livestock production growing environments
- Castrate livestock
- Operate quad bikes
- Collect, store and administer colostrum
- Operate a telehandler
- Euthanase livestock
- Maintain and monitor feed stocks
- Coordinate work site activities
- Coordinate and monitor production performance
- Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
- Transport farm produce or bulk materials
- Carry out birthing duties
- Move and handle pigs
- Care for sows prior, during and after farrowing
- Operate vehicles
- Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock
- Treat rectal prolapse in pigs
- Administer medication to livestock
- Operate side by side utility vehicles
- Prepare animals for parturition
- Carry out post-mortem examination of livestock
- Rear newborn and young livestock
- Care for weaner pigs
- Maintain livestock water supplies
- Pregnancy test pigs
- Mix and mill standard stockfeed
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
- Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
- Remove and facilitate reuse of effluent and manure from an intensive production system
- Implement feeding plans for intensive production
- Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
- Care for health and welfare of pigs
- Provide on-job training support
- Engage in workplace communication
- Implement a feeding plan for pig production
- Conduct front-end loader operations
- Care for grower and finisher pigs
- Operate basic machinery and equipment
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wodonga | Domestic: $6,500 | No |
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