Poultry

Poultec’s suite of poultry short courses is delivered by our team of experienced occupational tutors.  Our poultry courses are approved by industry standards such as Poultry Passport and Lion Training Passport and can assist with assurance scheme compliance.  All courses are delivered in small groups, face-to-face and include comprehensive course notes.

Poultry Welfare – Broilers/Turkey Grower/Duck Grower

Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Feed, water and environmental provision
• Humane disposal

Poultry Welfare – Chicken Breeder/Turkey Breeder/Duck Breeder

Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Feed, water and environmental provision
• Humane disposal
• Egg quality and factors effecting hatchability
  (Artificial Insemination) – turkeys only

Poultry Welfare – Hatchery

Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Incubation
• Hatch and despatch
• Humane disposal

Poultry Welfare – Catching and Handling

Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Catching and Handling techniques
• Humane disposal

Poultry Welfare – Free Range Chicken Layers

Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Feed, water and environmental provision
• Humane disposal
• Egg quality
• Range management

Farm Hygiene & Biosecurity

This course looks at the routes of disease transmission and how putting in simple practices can prevent the introduction or spread of disease. The courses give an overview of common infectious diseases, as well as notifiable diseases. Learners look at the stages of successful cleaning and disinfection, as well as having an overview of COSHH.

Topics covered also include;

• Good biosecurity practices
• Hygiene monitoring
• Terminal cleaning and disinfection
• Chemical Usage
• Waste Management

Hatchery Hygiene & Biosecurity

This course looks at the routes of disease transmission and how putting in simple practices can prevent the introduction or spread of disease. The course gives an overview of how to maintain good standards of hygiene and biosecurity in a hatchery environment. Learners look at the stages of successful cleaning and disinfection, as well as having an overview of COSHH.

Topics covered also include;

• Good biosecurity practices
• Hygiene monitoring
• Terminal cleaning and disinfection
• Chemical Usage
• Waste Management

Introduction to Commercial Free-range Egg Production

This course is aimed at new entrants to the industry and gives an overview of the following topics:

• Housing
• Equipment
• Welfare
• Hygiene and Biosecurity
• Egg Quality
• Feed and Water Requirements
• Range Management

This workshop contains both interactive activates as well as theory based learning. All learners are given copies of relevant codes of practice and comprehensive notes.

Environmental Awareness

Attending this course will allow learners to gain a greater understanding of current environmental issues effecting poultry production and a general over view of current issues, increase their knowledge of relevant environmental legislation, create a waste management plan / environmental policy for their site and improve your knowledge of new renewable energy sources.

Topics covered also include;

• Environmental issues
• The Law
• Water Costs and Savings
• Water Pollution and Prevention
• Energy
• Reducing and Recycling Waste
• Environmental Policy

Heat Stress

Heat stress not only causes suffering and death in the birds, but results in reduced or lost production and hence adversely affects the profit from the enterprise.

This course will give learners a greater understanding of the following topics;

• Causes of heat stress
• Signs and symptoms
• Prevent strategies

Gait Scoring

This course will give learners the opportunity to learn how to carry out Gait Scoring to allow practical exercises to be carried out on-farm. The course explores the causes and symptoms of leg weakness in Broilers and also allows learners to practice scoring birds using video resources.

Lion Training Passport Poultry Welfare – Operative

This course is designed to give an overview of on-farm welfare issues associated with commercial egg production aimed at the role of the stock person.  Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Feed, water and environmental provision
• Humane disposal
• Salmonella monitoring procedures
• Range Management

Lion Training Passport Poultry Welfare – Management

This course is designed to give an overview of on-farm welfare issues associated with commercial egg production aimed at the role site Manager.  Attending this course will allow learners to successfully identify factors that affect animal welfare and how procedures and practices protect welfare of animals in their care. Learners are given an overview of legislation and assurance scheme requirements.

Topics covered also include;

• Stress prevention
• Signs and symptoms of ill health
• Feed, water and environmental provision
• Humane disposal
• Salmonella monitoring procedures
• Range Management
• RUMA guidelines
• Health plans

Lion Training Passport Biosecurity, Security and Egg Handling

This course looks at the routes of disease transmission and how putting in simple practices can prevent the introduction or spread of disease. The courses give an overview of common infectious diseases, as well as notifiable diseases. Learners look at the stages of successful cleaning and disinfection, as well as having an overview of COSHH.  The course also covers the importance of good egg handling and storage as well as factors effecting the quality of eggs.

Topics covered also include;

• Good biosecurity practices
• Hygiene monitoring
• Terminal cleaning and disinfection
• Chemical Usage
• Waste Management
• Egg handling, storage and marking
• Egg quality issues
• Site security