This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to assist other personnel, such as horticulturists, to establish and maintain a plantation or plant production system for animal feed and enrichment requirements.

This unit applies to senior team members with zoo keeping, wildlife care or related experience who generally supervise others and provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and unpredictable problems. Tasks may vary in scale from individual animal welfare to social group management, working across a range of programs and/or animal groups in the facility’s collection.

All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures according to state/territory health and safety and animal welfare regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.