Release

Comments

Release 1

This version released with SFI Seafood Industry Training Package Version 1.0.

Elements

Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Select, condition and spawn broodstock

1.1 Confirm breeding objectives, selection aims and strategies with management

1.2 Confirm hatchery production schedule, labour and resource requirements, health and safety and risk minimisation procedures with production personnel

1.3 Ensure quality of broodstock selection is met according to workplace requirements

1.4 Manage the broodstock conditioning, spawning and recovery process

1.5 Identify broodstock to be spawned again at a later date and move to holding tanks or areas

2. Select or cull progeny

2.1 Manage progeny husbandry to ensure high survival and growth or other selection criteria

2.2 Carry out quality assessment of progeny regularly and cull or remove inferior progeny

2.3 Monitor progeny health and promptly control any disease outbreaks, sending samples to relevant authorities

2.4 Monitor effects of feed and health treatments on progeny and take actions to avoid or minimise health problems and negative effects on product quality

2.5 Monitor progeny growth and development using an appropriate performance recording system

2.6 Carry out harvesting to meet hatchery production plan

2.7 Maintain breeding records according to industry standards and breeding program requirements

3. Monitor, review and improve hatchery performance

3.1 Review the progress of hatchery production plan with management

3.2 Maintain and analyse physical and financial evaluations of hatchery performance

3.3 Obtain and assess information on innovations to determine relevance and possible application

3.4 Test innovations to determine suitability and adaptability to individual circumstances, their benefit and cost, and report outcomes to management team

3.5 Discuss selection aims, breeding objectives and strategies with management team

Skill

Description

Reading

• Interprets production plans and order requirements
• Researches and analyses information about hatchery operations from a range of sources

Writing

• Completes workplace documentation relating to hatchery operations legibly and accurately

Numeracy

• Calculates and estimates quantities of stock
• Records and interprets data relating to water quality
• Monitors and analyses costs of hatchery operations

Oral communication

• Explains hatchery operation responsibilities to staff using language appropriate for audience

Interact with others

• Collaborates with others contributing knowledge, ideas and skills to achieve improvements in stock quality and hatchery operations

Get the work done

• Assesses options, taking into consideration a range of relevant factors, and tests and reports on continuous improvements for hatchery operations
• Uses familiar digital systems and tools to access, organise, analyse and display information relevant to role and hatchery operations

Code and title current version

Code and title previous version

Comments

Equivalence status

SFIAQU404 Operate hatchery

SFIAQUA404C Operate hatchery

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Equivalent unit

Release

Comments

Release 1

This version released with SFI Seafood Industry Training Package Version 1.0.