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POULTRY HUSBANDRY
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December 2008
Poultry Production
People credited with this unit standard are able to: destock facility, and clean out and wash facility and equipment; sanitise facility and equipment, collect swabs and samples; and prepare facility for reuse. entry information: accreditation option:
Open.
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider. moderation option: A centrally established and directed moderation system has been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation. special notes: 1 Performance of all aspects of this unit standard must comply with:
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Layer Hens;
Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code of Welfare (2003) ;
Welfare codes are available from Animal Welfare
Advisory Committee, C/- Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington, or www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/animal-welfare/codes;
Equipment and machine manufacturers’ operating manuals.
2 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: Animal Products Act 1999, Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Resource
Management Act, 1991.
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3 In-house procedures refer to the oral or written instructions to staff on workplace procedures and safety, and includes, where relevant, the Risk
Management Programme (RMP).
Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Destock facility, and clean out and wash facility and equipment. performance criteria
1.1 Poultry are caught, handled, and moved in accordance with the relevant Animal
Welfare codes.
1.2 Waste material is removed from the facility and disposed of in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range: litter, hatch debris, manure.
1.3 Cleaning equipment and machinery are checked for function, and faults are identified and repaired or reported, in accordance with in-house procedures.
1.4 Cleaning equipment and machinery are set up for operation in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
1.5 Movable equipment is removed from the facility, washed down, and reinstalled, in accordance with in-house procedures.
1.6 Facility is washed down without causing damage to electrics, equipment, or fittings, and in accordance with in-house procedures.
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Sanitise facility and equipment, and collect swabs and samples. performance criteria
2.1 Sanitising equipment and machinery are checked for function, and faults are identified and repaired or reported, in accordance with in-house procedures.
2.2 Sanitising equipment and machinery are set up for operation in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
2.3 Sanitising chemicals are measured and mixed in accordance with chemical manufacturer’s specifications.
2.4 Unused sanitising chemicals are stored and secured, and mixing equipment is cleaned or decontaminated and stored, in accordance with chemical manufacturer’s specifications.
2.5 Pr otective clothing is worn in accordance with chemical manufacturer’s specifications.
2.6 Facility, and facility equipment and machinery, are disinfected and disinfested in accordance with in-house procedures.
2.7 Watering system is flushed with disinfect ant in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
2.8 element 3
Swabs and samples for microbiological testing are collected, recorded, labelled, and despatched in accordance with in-house procedures.
Prepare facility for reuse. performance criteria
3.1 Vermin control systems are checked for function, and faults are identified and repaired or reported, in accordance with in-house procedures.
3.2 Facility equipment and machinery are checked for function, and faults are identified and repaired or reported, in accordance with in-house procedures.
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3.3 Facility environmental control systems are set for operation and meet poultry requirements on arrival in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range: environmental control systems may include
– ventilation, relative humidity, lighting, temperature control systems, time clocks, alarms.
3.4 Mechanical systems are adjusted to meet poultry requirements on arrival in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range: adjustments may include
– feeder height, drinker height, depth of feed, depth of water, environmental setting, equipment assembly.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0052 which can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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