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MERINO SHEEP BREEDING TRAINER GUIDE



The Merino Sheep Breeding Trainer Guide has been developed by Sheep CRC and Meat & Livestock Australia to allow vocational and education trainers (primarily in the TAFE, Agricultural College and School systems) to deliver up to date knowledge and skills in the area of Merino breeding to their students. It is designed to be used in conjunction with three Power Point presentations, produced by the Sheep CRC on developing a breeding objective, selecting a stud and rams and selecting ewes.
 
This guide has been designed to meet the following two national competencies:
  1. RTE 5101A Develop and implement a breeding strategy
  2. RTE 5107A Identify and select animals for breeding.
This trainer guide is structured to cover:
  1. training outline including resources, purpose and a suggested approach;
  2. practical exercises including resources, purpose, instructions for trainers and student worksheets;
  3. short answer questions which include both a worksheet for students and the answers for trainers;
  4. assessment sheet; and
  5. resources.
It also contains a record of training and assessment for the two competencies RTE 5101A Develop and implement a breeding strategy and RTE 5107A Identify and select animals for breeding. This record covers knowledge, performance and assessment requirements completed and the assessment process and evidence. as well as the purpose and detail for five learning objects:
  1. applied genetics
  2. developing a breeding objective
  3. gather and use performance data for sheep selection
  4. selecting a ram source
  5. selecting rams
  6. selecting ewes.
The training is designed to be run with students over a number of individual sessions spread over some months. The total contact time required is 20 hours.
 
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Please note that these resources are copyright. Special permission is granted to Australian Registered Training Organisations to reproduce these materials in full without changes. However, such organisations are permitted to add the name and logo of their training organisation to the Activity Worksheets and Power Point presentations.
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Merino Sheep Breeding Trainer Guide (888.06 KB)

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Merino Sheep Breeding Activity Worksheets (657.5 KB)


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