AHCPLY310 — Incubate eggs

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What an assessment for AHCPLY310 must cover

65 assessable components: 6 elements (33 performance criteria), 17 performance evidence and 12 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 Receive and store eggs

1.1Identify and implement enterprise biosecurity procedures that apply to incubating eggs
1.2Identify tasks to be undertaken from work plan
1.3Identify health and safety hazards, and assess and control risks associated with fumigating, operating, transferring eggs and carrying out the hatching process
1.4Select and fit personal protective equipment (PPE) required for fumigating, operating, transferring eggs and carrying out the hatching process
1.5Check egg storage plant, equipment and tools in readiness to receive eggs
1.6Unload eggs from delivery vehicle, transfer to setter trolleys and record temperature, humidity, storage period and other required information
1.7Attach eggs to turning machine and manage eggs according to enterprise requirements
1.8Monitor and adjust temperature, humidity and airflow to maintain required conditions
1.9Complete ongoing records and report issues according to enterprise requirements

2 Fumigate setter and/or incubator

2.1Identify fumigation requirements according to work plan
2.2Prepare fumigant and application equipment and PPE
2.3Fit PPE, seal room and fumigate for required period
2.4Ventilate room or chamber to remove unsafe remnants of the fumigant prior to re-entry of staff, re-installation of equipment and placement of eggs

3 Monitor and operate setter

3.1Calibrate temperature probes in setter according to manufacturer and/or enterprise requirements
3.2Check and record setter readings
3.3Recognise alarms and carry out specified sequence of operations
3.4Operate and maintain setter to consistently meet required settings

4 Transfer eggs and operate incubator

4.1Move trollies and/or pallets to egg handling and transfer area according to sequence required by enterprise
4.2Check incubator temperature, humidity and airflow, and adjust to maintain required conditions according to developmental stage of eggs
4.3Transfer eggs to hatching trays according to predetermined sequence
4.4Recognise alarms and carry out specified sequence of operations

5 Carry out hatching processes

5.1Operate incubator and/or hatcher and record temperature, humidity and airflow as required
5.2Transition eggs into hatching stage
5.3Recognise alarms and carry out specified sequence of operations
5.4Vaccinate viable hatchlings and complete processes required to transfer chicks to brooding destination

6 Clean and/or sanitise work areas and equipment

6.1Identify health and safety hazards, and assess risks and control risks for cleaning and/ or sanitising
6.2Select and fit appropriate PPE required for cleaning and/ or sanitising
6.3Measure chemicals and prepare cleaning fluids safely according to supplier instructions and enterprise procedures
6.4Check and prepare cleaning equipment
6.5Clean and/or disinfect work areas, tools, equipment and surfaces according to enterprise health, safety, personal hygiene and biosecurity procedures
6.6Dispose of waste according to enterprise biosecurity and environmental procedures
6.7Maintain and store tools, equipment and machinery
6.8Complete records and report issues according to enterprise requirements

Performance evidence

identified and applied enterprise health and safety, animal welfare, biosecurity and environmental protection procedures related to preparing plant and equipment to incubate eggs
identified egg quantities and specific requirements from work program
followed personal hygiene requirements
identified at least three different health and safety hazards, and assessed and controlled associated risks
selected, checked and correctly fitted appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
received, transferred and stored eggs, including recording required information
monitored and operated setter, including:
calibrated temperature probes
checked, recorded and adjusted settings
carried out predetermined sequence of actions in response to alarms
transferred eggs to hatcher, and checked and adjusted hatcher settings to achieve required conditions
safely fumigated setter and/or hatcher and ensured safe removal of fumigant afterwards
monitored and operated hatcher
completed processes to transfer hatchlings to brooding destination
safely prepared cleaning equipment, and cleaned and/or sanitised working surfaces, equipment and tools
removed and disposed of waste
completed egg incubation records and/or reports

Knowledge evidence

key features of state/territory legislation, regulations and codes of practice for worker health and safety, animal welfare, biosecurity and environment protection that apply to incubating poultry eggs
enterprise procedures and requirements for worker health and safety, animal welfare, biosecurity and environment protection that apply to incubating poultry eggs
hazard identification, risk assessment and controls to minimise risks when incubating poultry eggs
requirements, methods and procedures for handling, unloading, storing, transferring and turning eggs
types, uses, cleaning, maintenance and storage of machinery, equipment and tools used in incubating operations, including temperature probe calibration
range, effects and impacts of environmental parameters on incubating eggs, including temperature, humidity and ventilation
types, handling, use and disposal of fumigating agents, including enterprise health, safety and environmental procedures for fumigants
selection criteria for determining viable and non-viable hatchlings
appropriate treatments to prepare hatchlings for transfer to next destination, including vaccination
enterprise procedures for disposal and management of waste, including biosecurity and environmental requirements
enterprise requirements and procedures for cleaning and maintaining egg incubation work areas
regulatory and enterprise documentation, records and reports required for incubation of poultry eggs

Foundation skills

Reading: Interpret textual information in enterprise procedures, forms and work standards related to egg incubation Interpret key information available from supplier manuals for the operation and maintenance of egg incubation equipment
Writing: Use industry terminology to record information related to egg incubation
Numeracy: Measure, estimate and calculate quantity, weight, area, volume, ratio and temperature

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What does an assessment tool for AHCPLY310 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AHCPLY310 needs to address all 65 unit components: 6 elements with 33 performance criteria, 17 performance evidence requirements, 12 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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