AQ Dairy Industry

Animal Welfare Awareness

Duration: Half day
Cost: $322 + GST per person

Course overview

Upcoming courses

  • Early Bird Offer
  • Limited Spaces

Course overview

This course is designed for staff who are responsible for ensuring any animal welfare issues are dealt with while compliance and stockyard staff are off site.  It provides the basic knowledge to deal with and report animal welfare issues to comply with regulatory and market requirements.

What is covered?

  • Importance of animal welfare
  • The five freedoms of animal welfare
  • Animal Welfare legislation overview
  • Responsibilities and actions
  • Best practice in animal handling
  • Four specialist types of training - sheep, cattle, deer and bobby calf

Who should attend?

  • Night watchman staff
  • Any other staff required to monitor animal welfare

Key benefits

  • Develop an awareness of how important animal treatment is to the quality of the end product
  • Ensure your workplace consistently meets and exceeds customer expectations

Assessment

  • A Knowledge Check will be completed on course

Entry Requirements

Prerequisite

There is no prerequisite

English Proficiency

It is recommended that all students with English as a second language have a level of written and oral English equivalent to IELTS 5.5.  

Age requirements 

You will be required to be 18 years old or older to be able to enrol in our courses.


Learning Support

Please contact our team in advance if you have any special learning needs or additional support is required on the day. Trainees with literacy concerns may request a reader/writer support for non-unit standard based training.