Poultry competencies
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Poultry competencies
Poultry competencies
Poultry is one of the areas of farming and growing you can choose to work in or may already work in.
You'll need to develop competency in this specialist area alongside the core competency areas to make sure you have all the skills and knowledge you need to do your job well.
You'll need to develop competency in this specialist area alongside the core competency areas to make sure you have all the skills and knowledge you need to do your job well.
The Poultry area will help you develop your capabilities in:
- Successful breeding and hatching of birds
- Husbandry and nutrition for poultry
- Safely handling animal waste
We offer learning tailored to poultry farmers and a range of other essential skills, covering a host of issues important to everyone working in arable and productive horticulture.
At this level, you are typically working as part of a team towards the goals of the business.
Supporting poultry production by using knowledge and skills to make sure:
- Husbandry is successful
- Breeding and hatching of poultry is successful
- Rearing of poultry for meat production is successful
- Egg production is successful
At this level, you are typically supporting the owner or manager of the business and may be supervising other team members.
Supporting the management of Poultry production by using knowledge and skills to ensure:
- Husbandry is successful
- Breeding and hatching of poultry is successful
- Rearing of poultry for meat production is successful
- Egg production is successful
At this level, you are typically taking main responsibility for a business area or the overall business.
Managing poultry production by using knowledge and skills to ensure:
- Husbandry is successful
- Breeding and hatching of poultry is successful
- Poultry is successfully reared for meat production
- Egg production is successful
After you've filled in your Capability Profile, you'll see learning relevant to your role and level inside your Recommendations. You'll then be signposted toward learning and CPD opportunities that will work for you.
The Capability Profile is an online tool that allows you to specify what level you are within your current job role and identify areas where you can develop your skills and knowledge.