Certificate III in Dairy Production - AHC30221
TAFE Gippsland
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS:
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who work as farm hands in the dairy production industry. In this role, these individuals have responsibilities for undertaking a wide range of skilled work on a dairy farm with limited supervision. Work includes caring for, and monitoring health of livestock, overseeing the harvesting of livestock milk and maintaining milking equipment and facilities to ensure maximum and high-quality production.All work is carried out to comply with workplace policies and procedures, according to state/territory work health and safety, animal welfare, environmental and biosecurity legislation, regulations and standards that apply to the workplace.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Implement animal health control programs
- Plan and construct an electric fence
- Provide on-job training support
- Service and repair bores and windmills
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
- Coordinate and monitor livestock transport
- Monitor weather conditions
- Conserve forage
- Collect samples for a rural production or horticulture monitoring program
- Transport and store chemicals
- Identify and draft livestock
- Operate specialised machinery and equipment
- Artificially inseminate livestock
- Coordinate and monitor milking operations
- Respond to emergencies
- Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
- Carry out routine service of milking equipment
- Coordinate artificial insemination and fertility management of livestock
- Undertake agricultural crop harvesting activities
- Coordinate work site activities
- Castrate livestock
- Implement property improvement, construction and repair
- Operate a dairy waste utilisation system
- Establish pastures and crops for livestock production
- Plan and construct conventional fencing
- Collect, store and administer colostrum
- Maintain and monitor feed stocks
- Contribute to work health and safety processes
- Implement a plant nutrition program
- Transport farm produce or bulk materials
- Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock
- Administer medication to livestock
- Implement feeding plans for livestock
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
- Rear newborn and young livestock
- Maintain agricultural crops
- Undertake preparation of land for agricultural crop production
- Maintain livestock water supplies
- Implement procedures for calving
- Mix and mill standard stockfeed
- Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
- Remove and facilitate reuse of effluent and manure from an intensive production system
- Carry out emergency disease or pest control procedures on infected premises
- Establish agricultural crops
- Conduct mechanical tests on milking machines
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Leongatha | Domestic: $14,999 | No |
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| Sale FLC | Domestic: $14,999 | No |
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| Warragul | Domestic: $14,999 | No |
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