Layer Chick Brooding Management
This course specifies the competencies required to brood chicks. It involves preparing chick brooder, feeding brooding chicks, managing brooder house micro climate, maintaining brooder hygiene, performing chick vaccination, controlling poultry vermin, controlling poultry predators and monitoring chick performance.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Prepare chick brooder
Feed brooding chicks
Manage brooder house micro climate
Maintain brooder hygiene
Perform chick vaccination
Control poultry vermin
Control poultry predators
Monitor chick performance
Poultry Structures Construction
This course specifies the competencies required to construct poultry structures. It involves designing of poultry structures, acquiring construction materials, and managing house construction.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Prepare to construct poultry structures
Construct poultry structures
Install poultry house structures
Equip poultry house
Poultry Growers Management
This course specifies the competencies required to manage poultry growers. it involves sanitation of growers house, managing growers house litter, transferring poultry to growers’ house, feeding growing poultry, vaccinating growing poultry, monitoring growing poultry, managing biosafety measures and managing poultry house micro climate.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Sanitize growers house
Manage growers house litter
Transfer poultry to growers’ house
Feed growing poultry
Vaccinate growing poultry
Monitor growing poultry
Manage biosafety measures
Manage poultry house micro climate
Laying Poultry Management
This unit specifies the competencies required to manage laying poultry. It involves feeding laying birds, cleaning, feeding and watering equipment, maintaining suitable litter condition, managing poultry house micro climate, vaccinating laying poultry, monitoring poultry performance, handling poultry eggs and maintaining poultry records.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Feeding laying birds
Cleaning feeding and watering equipment
Maintaining suitable litter condition
Managing poultry house micro climate
Vaccinating laying poultry
Monitoring poultry performance
Handling poultry eggs
Maintain poultry records
Poultry Health and Welfare Management
- Manage poultry biosecurity as per set protocols and food safety requirements
- Acquire poultry health equipment and materials using suitable procurement procedures
- Manage poultry vaccination according to breeder vaccination program and protocol
- Control poultry parasites using recommended practices
- Manage poultry diseases and vices using standard operating procedures (SOP) for poultry disease management
- Maintain poultry health records as per SOPs and workplace procedures.