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Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks

Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks

Unit of competency
National Code
AHCPLY211
State Code
OFB36
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
24/01/2023
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
09/06/2023
Field of Education
050105 - Animal Husbandry
Original Release Date
09/06/2023
Nominal Hours
25
Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to collect, store and handle fertile eggs from breeder flocks.This unit applies to workers in commercial poultry production who undertake routine tasks under supervision. They perform defined activities according to enterprise procedures. Work environments may include poultry farms and breeding facilities.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 poultry, including the handling of fertilised eggs. Food safety regulations and codes also apply to breeder eggs that are sold for human consumption. Requirements vary between jurisdictions.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Prepare to handle eggs
  • 1.1 Confirm and follow personal hygiene and other biosecurity procedures that apply to entering and working on a poultry breeding farm or facility
  • 1.2 Identify health and safety hazards, assess risks, and control and/or report risks related to handling, collecting, sorting, packing and storing eggs
  • 1.3 Select and fit appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) required for handling, collecting, sorting, packing and storing eggs
  • 1.4 Check work area and equipment are clean and ready for operation
2. Collect and sort eggs
  • 2.1 Ensure nests and egg belts are free of sick, injured or dead birds and other obstructions using safe and low stress animal handling techniques
  • 2.2 Collect eggs manually or mechanically from nesting system
  • 2.3 Collect floor eggs and keep separate
  • 2.4 Operate egg handling equipment and control flow of eggs according to enterprise procedures
  • 2.5 Remove very dirty, cracked, leaking or weak-shelled eggs manually or mechanically
  • 2.6 Wash eggs as required using approved sanitisers and temperatures
  • 2.7 Sort eggs into settable and non-settable and categories within each
3. Pack and store eggs
  • 3.1 Place eggs on appropriate trays with pointed end down
  • 3.2 Assemble and stack trays in categories, and label according to enterprise procedures
  • 3.3 Transfer eggs to storage in order of age, category or dispatch order
  • 3.4 Operate egg storage facilities and/or cool rooms according to enterprise procedures
  • 3.5 Fumigate eggs if required
  • 3.6 Separate all eggs selected for human consumption according to state/territory legislative requirements
  • 3.7 Complete records according to enterprise requirements
4. Clean and/or sanitise work areas and equipment
  • 4.1 Identify health and safety hazards, assess risks, and control and/or report risks associated with cleaning and/or sanitising work areas and equipment
  • 4.2 Select and fit appropriate PPE required for cleaning and/ or sanitising
  • 4.3 Measure chemicals and prepare cleaning fluids safely according to supplier instructions and enterprise procedures
  • 4.4 Check and prepare cleaning equipment
  • 4.5 Clean and disinfect or sanitise egg belts/conveyors, equipment and work area
  • 4.6 Check, clean and sanitise cool room and related equipment if required
  • 4.7 Take and prepare swab and/or samples for testing as required
  • 4.8 Dispose of non-settable eggs and waste according to enterprise biosecurity and environmental procedures
  • 4.9 Check for pests, vermin and/or predators and implement controls if required, according to enterprise procedures
  • 4.10 Complete records and report issues promptly
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
BAL81 AHCPLY201 Collect store and handle eggs from breeder flocks Unit of competency