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ACMVET409 — Provide specific animal care advice

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What an assessment for ACMVET409 must cover

51 assessable components: 3 elements (9 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 37 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 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 Provide specific animal health advice

  • 1.1Evaluate the patient and client needs as the basis for provision of advice
  • 1.2Provide primary care advice according to WHS and animal welfare requirements
  • 1.3Provide advice on animal health, disease and reproduction

2 Offer animal care product advice

  • 2.1Prepare and document information on animal care products available in the practice
  • 2.2Establish client product requirements through discussion and evaluation
  • 2.3Provide specific product advice to clients

3 Provide animal behaviour advice

  • 3.1Explain and discuss types of normal and abnormal behaviour with the owner
  • 3.2Provide basic advice on techniques to modify problem behaviours
  • 3.3Record details of advice and strategies in the patient’s history

Performance evidence

  • provided specific animal care advice for at least two different species, and including advice on: healthcare, reproduction, behaviour
  • performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 240 hours of work in a veterinary practice.

Knowledge evidence

  • practice policies and procedures related to providing advice
  • animal husbandry requirements for the prevention and control of disease and illness
  • types and sources of information available for treatments, medications and other animal services, including:
  • company representatives and advice service
  • industry associations
  • library resources
  • Medical Information Management System (MIMS) and other veterinary medication reference sources
  • product brochures and safety data sheets (SDS)
  • supervisor and other workplace staff
  • validated internet sites
  • animal health advice
  • animal husbandry
  • breeding issues:
  • mating
  • desexing
  • care of newborn and orphan animals
  • oestrus cycle
  • whelping
  • control of external and internal parasites
  • training and socialisation:
  • vaccination schedules, including heartworm preventative systems
  • common vaccinations
  • factors influencing animal behaviour
  • animal behaviour issues, including:
  • aggression
  • anxiety
  • barking
  • destructive behaviour
  • digging holes
  • feather picking (birds)
  • phobias
  • vocalisation
  • wind sucking
  • behaviour modification techniques and equipment
  • pet insurance and mortality policies
  • work health and safety and animal welfare legislative regulations and requirements
  • relevant Veterinary Surgeons’ Act requirements.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Interpret product labels
  • Oral communication: Discuss, question and clarify information with animal owner
  • Get the work done: Address irregularities and contingencies in the context of the work role

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What does an assessment tool for ACMVET409 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ACMVET409 needs to address all 51 unit components: 3 elements with 9 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 37 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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