A plain-English guide to the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines, Land Transport of Livestock for the people who actually move the stock: drivers, loaders, saleyard and depot staff, farm staff who consign, agents and the schedulers and managers who plan the job. Learn what a 'standard' means compared with a 'guideline', how the Standards are given legal force differently in each state and territory, the fit-for-the-intended-journey test and who shares it, time off water and spelling by species and class, loading density, segregation, in-transit inspections, effluent and where Chain of Responsibility puts the consignor and the operator alongside the driver. Awareness only. It is not a licence, not LPA accreditation and contains no veterinary advice.
~50 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start
What You Will Learn
Explain what the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines, Land Transport of Livestock cover, the difference between a standard and a guideline, and why they only bite through your state or territory's own law
Apply the 'fit for the intended journey' test, and identify who shares that decision across the consignor, the transporter and the receiver
Work out time off water for the class of stock you are moving, and the spell that must follow once the maximum is reached
Describe the loading density, segregation and in-transit inspection duties, and who has the final say on each
Recognise how effluent, and Chain of Responsibility under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, reach past the driver to the consignor, the operator and the receiver
Know when to stop, ask, seek veterinary advice, or leave an animal behind, and how to hand over the information the next person needs
Course Content
1. The rulebook, and how it becomes law
2. Who owns which part of the animal's day
3. Fit for the intended journey
4. Time off water, spells and the clock
5. The deck, the journey and the effluent
6. Apply it: a mixed load out of the yards
Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Livestock transport drivers and their operators; loaders and stock handlers; saleyard, depot and feedlot staff; farm and station staff who muster, prepare and consign stock; livestock agents; and the schedulers, managers and consignors who plan livestock jobs and never touch an animal.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It does not issue a unit of competency and it does not replace any of the accredited or licensed things that sit beside it. It is not a heavy vehicle driver licence, not accreditation under the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program and not the nationally recognised chain of responsibility units TLIF0009 and TLIF0080, which are delivered separately by a registered training organisation. It is not training in humane destruction and not a firearms licence: the Land Transport Standards require humane destruction to be done by a competent person or under the direct supervision of one, and anyone using a firearm must be licensed for it. It also contains no veterinary advice, where the Standards require an animal to be transported only under veterinary advice, that means advice from a veterinarian registered in Australia, not this course. One standard bears directly on this question: SA2.1 requires a person involved in any part of the livestock transport process to be competent to perform their required task, or to be supervised by a competent person. The Standards define competency as the ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour needed to meet their requirements and list on-the-job training records, relevant experience, recognised training and staff training registers, induction training and supervisor sign-off for specific tasks as supporting evidence of it. Awareness training like this can form part of that evidence trail; on its own it does not make you a competent person for any task. Use this course to build recognition and judgement, then follow the Standards as they apply in your state or territory, your employer's procedures and the directions of the person in charge.
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Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Duration
~50 minutes
Format
100% online, self-paced
Lessons
6
Assessment
10 questions (80% to pass)
Certificate
Instant, verifiable
Access period
6 months access from the day of course start
Who it’s for
Livestock transport drivers and their operators; loaders and stock handlers; saleyard, depot and feedlot staff; farm and station staff who muster, prepare and consign stock; livestock agents; and the schedulers, managers and consignors who plan livestock jobs and never touch an animal.
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