Understand Animal Nutrition Type : Short Course • NQF : 2 • Credits : 7
The learner achieving this unit standard will understand the basic concepts used in animal nutrition, maintaining, preserving, modifying and enhancing the nutrient value of animal feeds and follow correct on-farm feeding practices. In addition they will be well positioned to extend their learning and practice into other areas of Animal production in agriculture.
Learners will gain specific knowledge and skills in animal feeding and nutrition and will be able to operate in an animal production environment implementing sustainable and economically viable production principles.
They will be capacitated to gain access to the mainstream agricultural sector, in animal production, impacting directly on the sustainability of the sub-sector. The improvement in production technology will also have a direct impact on the improvement of agricultural productivity of the sector.
It is assumed that a learner attempting this unit standard will demonstrate competence against the following unit standards or equivalent:
- NQF 1: Apply standard animal feeding practices.
- NQF 1: Apply basic food safety practices.
- NQF 1: Maintain basic water quality.
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