AHCBEK402 — Perform queen bee artificial insemination
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What an assessment for AHCBEK402 must cover
47 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 15 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 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 Determine breeding method
- 1.1Review options for artificial breeding to determine the most suitable and affordable method in line with breeding objectives
- 1.2Select an artificial breeding option according to workplace breeding program and queen and drone management program
- 1.3Identify, source and arrange resource requirements for breeding program
- 1.4Prepare program schedules based on available resources
- 1.5Identify health and safety in the workplace hazards and hygiene practices, assess risks and implement control measures
- 1.6Select, ensure serviceability, fitted and used personal protective equipment during insemination process
2 Implement breeding method
- 2.1Obtain genetic material ensuring its health, reliability and legitimacy according to required bee characteristics and breeding objectives
- 2.2Receive, check and store genetic material to ensure maximum viability for program outcomes
- 2.3Manage rearing times to ensure age and condition of breeding bees occurs according to schedule
- 2.4Collect semen from drones according to workplace hygiene and collection procedures
- 2.5Prepare queen and inseminate ensuring minimal risk of contamination according to workplace protocols
- 2.6Place queen in a colony of suitable strength and monitor colony development and health according to workplace procedures
3 Monitor and maintain program
- 3.1Review genetic material transfer and management practices to inform future breeding programs
- 3.2Document performance data in progeny resulting from genetic material transfer programs
- 3.3Calculate and use success rates from breeding objectives to determine success of artificial insemination program
- 3.4Identify and record modifications to queen and drone management program to assist continuous improvement processes
Performance evidence
- reviewed options and developed artificial breeding objectives
- selected and scheduled an artificial breeding option for breeding program
- obtained resources and determined artificial insemination activities
- identified hazards and risks and implemented control measures
- selected, fitted and used appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
- obtained and ensured genetic material complied with breeding characteristics and objectives
- received, checked and stored genetic materials to ensure maximum viability
- ensured queen and drone maturity and breeding cycles aligned
- prepared queen and drone honey bees for artificial insemination
- used appropriate techniques to extract semen from drones and inseminate queens
- complied with required hygiene practices
- introduced inseminated queen bees to new hive and monitored progress and success
- reviewed and documented genetic material transfer and management practices
- determined the success of artificial insemination program by calculating success rates
- maintained records in relation to an artificial insemination program
Knowledge evidence
- principles and practices of artificial insemination of queen honey bees
- anatomy and physiology of reproductive organs and reproductive process in queen and drone honey bees
- genetics and inheritance for bee characteristics required in genetic material, including: honey bee health, abnormalities, productivity, habit
- artificial breeding methods and the benefits and limitations
- identification systems for queen and drone honey bees and semen
- physical resource requirements for artificial insemination practices
- safe handling and transportation of bees and genetic material
- artificial insemination policies and recording and reporting requirements
- preparation requirements for artificial insemination
- semen collection and preparation processes
- reviewing and maintaining effective insemination procedures
Foundation skills
- Reading: Critically analyse scientific texts and extract technical information for bee breeding
- Writing: Documents outcomes and changes to breeding programs using industry relevant terminology
- Numeracy: Performs mathematical calculations to analyse queen and hive performance following breeding program
- Navigate the world of work: Takes full responsibility for following policies, procedures and legislative requirements for safety and hygiene
- Get the work done: Accepts responsibility for planning and sequencing bee breeding tasks and workload
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