22077 Care for Grower Pigs

22077 version 2 Page 1 of 3 Care for grower pigs

Level 3

Credits 7

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out daily routine husbandry checks of grower pigs; check and report on feed supplies, and feed grower pigs; and monitor grower pig growth.

Subfield Pork Production

Domain Pig Husbandry

Status Registered

Status date 19 March 2010

Date version published 19 March 2010

Planned review date 31 December 2014

Entry information Open.

Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 4450.

Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider.

Standard setting body (SSB) Primary Industry Training Organisation

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0052 This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1 Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005, Wellington (referred to as the welfare code), available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/codes/pigs/index.htm.

2 Definition On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig health, welfare, and management.

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Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Carry out daily routine husbandry checks of grower pigs.

Performance criteria

1.1 Environmental conditions are checked and reported, and adjustments made, in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.

Range stock behaviour, environmental sensor and control equipment.

1.2 The health of growers is checked, problems are identified and reported, and remedial action is taken, in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.

Range symptoms – physical, behavioural.

1.3 Information is recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.

Range may include but is not limited to – environmental conditions, stock behaviour, health of growers.

1.4 Water supply is checked in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.

Range quantity, quality.

Element 2

Check and report on feed supplies, and feed grower pigs.

2.1 Feed storage bins are checked for condition and adequate supply of feed, and feed supply shortages are reported, in accordance with on-farm procedures.

2.2 Hoppers, troughs, and pens are checked, and stale and/or contaminated feed removed prior to dispensing fresh feed, in accordance with on-farm procedures.

2.3 Feeding equipment is calibrated to dispense accurate feed levels in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.

2.4 Safety equipment and clothing are worn when feeding pigs in accordance with on-farm procedures.

2.5 Growers are fed the diet appropriate to that class of stock in accordance with the feed schedule, on-farm procedures, and the welfare code.

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2.6 Growers that are not eating are identified and reported, and remedial action is taken, in accordance with on-farm procedures.

2.7 Identified water supply problems are dealt with and/or reported in accordance with on-farm procedures.

Element 3

Monitor grower pig growth.

3.1 Pigs in monitor pens are identified and checked in accordance with on-farm procedures.

3.2 Pigs are weighed with minimal stress and without injury to pigs or handler(s) in accordance with on-farm procedures.

3.3 Pig weights and ages are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.

3.4 Grower pig growth rates are calculated and compared in terms of specified target figures.

3.5 Growers with growth rates below specified target figures are identified and reported in accordance with on-farm procedures.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA 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 organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

Comments on this unit standard

Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation [email protected] if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

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