Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
sch.2-sec.3Who is suitably qualified to carry out husbandry procedures
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sch.2-sec.3 Who is suitably qualified to carry out husbandry procedures
A person is suitably qualified to carry out a husbandry procedure on a pig only if— the person is a veterinary surgeon; or the person has satisfactorily completed any of the following training— a Certificate III in pork production (AHC30422) or an equivalent qualification; the skill set called ‘Pork industry stockperson skill set’ (AHCSS00151) or an equivalent qualification; or the person has undertaken, for a period of at least 12 months, practical training and experience in husbandry procedures at a pig establishment that, during the period, complied with an industry recognised quality assurance program. the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Program the Safe Quality Food program called SQF 1000 Code the Australian Certified Organic certification program In this section— equivalent qualification , in relation to a qualification mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , means— an equivalent VET qualification; or a superseded qualification; or a VET statement of attainment for achieving the units of competency required for the training. pig establishment means a place used to keep, raise and breed pigs for the purpose of producing pork. registered training organisation see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 . superseded qualification , in relation to a husbandry procedure, means a qualification that— was provided by a registered training organisation or former registered training organisation; and is no longer offered; and when it was offered, was a qualification for carrying out the husbandry procedure. VET qualification see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 . VET statement of attainment see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 . (sch.2-sec.3-ssec.1) A person is suitably qualified to carry out a husbandry procedure on a pig only if— the person is a veterinary surgeon; or the person has satisfactorily completed any of the following training— a Certificate III in pork production (AHC30422) or an equivalent qualification; the skill set called ‘Pork industry stockperson skill set’ (AHCSS00151) or an equivalent qualification; or the person has undertaken, for a period of at least 12 months, practical training and experience in husbandry procedures at a pig establishment that, during the period, complied with an industry recognised quality assurance program. the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Program the Safe Quality Food program called SQF 1000 Code the Australian Certified Organic certification program (sch.2-sec.3-ssec.2) In this section— equivalent qualification , in relation to a qualification mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , means— an equivalent VET qualification; or a superseded qualification; or a VET statement of attainment for achieving the units of competency required for the training. pig establishment means a place used to keep, raise and breed pigs for the purpose of producing pork. registered training organisation see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 . superseded qualification , in relation to a husbandry procedure, means a qualification that— was provided by a registered training organisation or former registered training organisation; and is no longer offered; and when it was offered, was a qualification for carrying out the husbandry procedure. VET qualification see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 . VET statement of attainment see the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 3 .