This course is designed to equip individuals with competencies for operating poultry hatchery. It entails handling eggs for hatching, hatching poultry eggs and handling hatched chicks.

View Curriculum 'Poultry Hatchery Operator, Level 4

Hatching Eggs Handling

This course addresses the competencies required to handle eggs for hatching. It involves grading hatching eggs, storage of fumigated eggs and entry of hatchery records.

Summary of Learning Outcomes

  1. Grade eggs for hatching

  2. Store fumigated eggs

  3. Enter hatchery records


Poultry Eggs Hatching

This course addresses the competencies required to hatch poultry eggs. It involves setting poultry eggs, monitoring egg hatching, transfer of hatched chicks and entry of hatchery records.

Summary of Learning Outcomes

  1. Set poultry eggs

  2. Monitor egg hatching

  3. Transfer hatched chicks

  4. Enter hatchery records

Hatched Chicks Handling

This course addresses the competencies required to handle hatched chicks. It involves chick sexing, trimming chick beaks, monitoring of health, chick packaging, management of unwanted chicks; implementation of hatchery biosecurity measures, and entry of hatchery records.

Summary of Learning Outcomes

  1. Perform chick sexing

  2. Trim chick beaks

  3. Monitor chick health

  4. Package poultry chicks

  5. Manage unwanted chicks

  6. Implement hatchery biosecurity measures

  7. Maintain hatchery records