AHCPLY312 — Implement and monitor biosecurity measures in poultry production

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45 assessable components: 4 elements (19 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 15 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Apply biosecurity procedures for site entry

1.1Identify and follow personal hygiene and other biosecurity procedures that apply to entering and working on a poultry worksite
1.2Identify worksite biosecurity procedures and measures developed to comply with relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, industry guidelines and enterprise requirements
1.3Identify health and safety hazards, and assess and control risks related to implementation of biosecurity measures on a poultry worksite
1.4Ensure contractors and visitors are signed in, checked for risk profile, instructed in their responsibilities, and follow enterprise biosecurity requirements
1.5Ensure contractors and visitors apply personal hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements
1.6Ensure all vehicles, equipment, machinery, tools, clothing, footwear, and PPE are cleaned and disinfected prior to entry onto worksite
1.7Check incoming consignment documentation for poultry, feed and feed ingredients prior to entry to worksite for compliance with biosecurity requirements, and report and/or reject noncompliance according to enterprise procedures

2 Implement biosecurity procedures to minimise spread of disease and pests

2.1Implement enterprise requirements and prescribed routes for movements of personnel, vehicles, equipment, feedstuffs and poultry on worksite
2.2Ensure all water used for poultry drinking and poultry contact is treated according to enterprise quality requirements
2.3Implement personal hygiene and sanitation, and equipment cleaning procedures for people movement between site facilities
2.4Implement biosecure procedures for carcass, effluent, organic waste and inorganic waste removal and disposal

3 Implement biosecurity procedures on detection of disease or pest

3.1Identify signs of disease, wild birds and pests that can introduce or spread high risk pathogens in poultry and/or worksite
3.2Immediately report signs of unusual disease or pest to management
3.3Clean and disinfect worksites, production areas, sheds, facilities, plant, feeding, watering and other equipment to stop spread of disease or pest, using appropriate methods and agents, according to regulatory and enterprise biosecurity requirements
3.4Check, adjust and/or apply pest, vermin and/or predator controls according to biosecurity requirements

4 Monitor and report outcomes

4.1Monitor effectiveness of biosecurity control activities, and compare with enterprise requirements
4.2Monitor production areas, facilities or sites to ensure biosecurity work practices and procedures are applied
4.3Complete biosecurity records and report issues according to enterprise requirements
4.4Review biosecurity controls and suggest changes to improve enterprise biosecurity outcomes

Performance evidence

applied enterprise biosecurity procedures for site entry, including personal hygiene
implemented enterprise preventative biosecurity procedures for at least two of the following: visitor and/or contractor site entry, incoming vehicles, incoming poultry, incoming poultry feed
followed enterprise biosecurity procedures on detection of disease or pest, including reporting
identified signs of good health, ill health or abnormal disease in live birds
implemented wild bird and/or pest control measures
cleaned and disinfected poultry work area, work surface or equipment in response to, or to prevent, a specific pest or disease
monitored application of biosecurity procedures in part of poultry worksite over at least one week in each monitoring period, and documented and reported outcomes

Knowledge evidence

key features of state/territory legislation, regulations and codes of practice for worker health and safety, biosecurity and environment protection that apply to working on a poultry production site, including current national biosecurity manuals
enterprise procedures and requirements for worker health and safety, biosecurity and environment protection that apply to working on a poultry production site
hazard identification, risk assessment and controls to minimise risks when implementing biosecurity measures in a poultry enterprise
typical biosecurity threats that apply to commercial poultry production environments, including disease, pests and wild birds
major routes for disease and pathogen transmission in poultry production, including: transfer of poultry from production area to production area; dead bird disposal; other animals, including wild birds, feral and domestic animals (including other livestock and pets), insects, rodents (including rats and mice) and domestic birds; people, including farm workers and family members living on site, contractors, maintenance and service workers, neighbours and visitors; vehicles and equipment; aerosols and dust; water, feed and bedding materials
signs of healthy poultry and signs of unusual disease in poultry
types, characteristics, methods of spread, signs, prevention, control and treatment of diseases and pests that impact poultry production
requirements for maintaining enterprise biosecurity, including: perimeter fencing, lockable gates, and controlling vehicle access; monitoring enterprise boundaries and movement of poultry, humans and equipment across worksite; appropriate signage
standard biosecurity procedures and practices used in poultry production enterprises, including: site entry and movement of workers, contractors and visitors; site entry of vehicles, equipment, machinery; site entry and movement of poultry and poultry feed; control of pests, vermin, predators, including wild birds; poultry feeding and watering; methods and procedures for cleaning and disinfection of facilities, sheds, feeding and watering equipment and other shed equipment, including fumigation
enterprise requirements, methods and procedures for treatment of drinking, cooling and washing-down water supplies
enterprise procedures for handling, measurement and usage of cleaning chemicals, disinfectants and sanitisers
enterprise and regulatory environmental and sustainability requirements, methods and procedures for disposal and management of effluent, organic and inorganic waste
essential biosecurity principles of government disease control emergency plans that apply to poultry
notifiable diseases in poultry, including enterprise procedures for reporting and responding to notifiable diseases
regulatory and enterprise documentation, records and reports required for biosecurity in poultry production

Foundation skills

Reading: Interpret industry and enterprise requirements related to biosecurity for poultry production
Writing: Use industry terminology to record information about biosecurity and poultry health
Oral communication: Use active listening and questioning techniques to clarify and confirm information; Use language appropriate to audience when explaining enterprise procedures to visitors
Numeracy: Measure, estimate and calculate distance, area, volume, percentage, time and ratio

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