343235 Senior Piggery Stockperson

• Senior Piggery Attendant

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 3: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, AQF Certificate IV, or at least three years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 3: NZQF Level 4 qualification, or at least three years of relevant experience

• Oversees pig breeding programs, including caring for farrowing sows and rearing piglets
• Develops and implements pig feeding programs, and identifies health and nutrition problems in pigs
• Supervises health and welfare programs for pigs
• Implements biosecurity management measures
• Manages water supply and irrigation systems
• Supervises general farming activities, such as the movement of pigs, and maintenance and cleaning of pens and stalls, water supply systems, and other piggery infrastructure
• Supervises work routines and trains pig farm workers