Station Hand (Sheep and Wool)

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Areas Of Interest:   Animals - Farm, Domestic & Wildlife
Certificate Level:  Certificate III
Certificate Name:  Certificate III in Agriculture
Certificate Description:  Station Hands co-ordinate a wide range of sheep, wool and property operations such as handling of sheep (including transport), lamb and parasite control, caring for working dogs and maintaining property water supplies.
Code:  AHC30116
Work Type:  Practical & Manual

Skills & Knowledge you will learn

Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
Contribute to work health and safety processes
Establish pastures and crops for livestock production
Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
Administer medication to livestock
Maintain livestock water supplies
Implement feeding plans for livestock
Prepare animals for parturition
Rear newborn and young livestock
Implement animal health control programs
Identify and draft livestock
Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock
Prepare livestock for competition
Plan to exhibit livestock
Prepare facilities for shearing and crutching
Carry out post-shearing procedures