| |
Sheep Supervisor (Level 2) Skill Set | |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| | Handling sheep | Breeding sheep | Sheep health | Facilities | General supervising | Managing pasture | Feeding sheep | Marketing
.
Handling Sheep
- Handle sheep to maximize wool grade
- Grade a fleece
- Herd a flock in a range situation
- Show a sheep
Breeding Sheep
- Judge & select livestock
- Identify sheep breeding informational & assistance resources
- Establish & use individual animal records
- Evaluate sheep for culling considerations
- Operate a breeding program
- Establish herd development objectives & develop a breeding program
- Demonstrate knowledge of buying & selling purebred animals
- Assess sources of breeding stock
Maintaining Sheep Health
- Diagnose & treat ewe problems related to lambing
- Establish & use an isolation area
- Identify predator control regulations & agencies
- Develop a predator control program
- Establish a flock health program
Planning & Designing Facilities
- Design a farmstead layout & landscape plan
- Plan & design a water supply & distribution system
- Plan & design feed & waste handling facilities
- Plan & design utilities systems
- Design & plan sheep housing, confinement & handling systems
General Supervising
- Demonstrate use of decision making & problem solving techniques
- Demonstrate effective verbal & written communication for records, staff & public
- Demonstrate supervisor’s time management competence
- Plan & manage farm staff work schedule
- Supervise farm staff work activities
- Conduct training of farm staff
- Conduct production meetings
Managing Range/Domestic Pasture
- Identify range/pasture plant comminutes & plants
- Assess & analyze range/pasture conditions trends & utilization
- Develop & manage a range grazing system
- Develop & manage a domestic grazing system
- Develop range/pasture renovation & improvement plans
Feeding Sheep
- Formulate a feeding program & rations
- Evaluate feeding methods & systems
Marketing Production
- Identify &follow sheep marketing regulations
- Determine the marketability of individual or groups of animals
- Carry out marketing decisions
- Carry out marketing decisions for breeding stock
- Identify & evaluate marketing information & assistance
- Develop production marketing strategies
- Develop a marketing program for purebred breeding stock.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
This document is maintained by Kenda Lubeck.
This information published to the web on June 19, 2003.
Last Reviewed/Revised on October 10, 2007.
|
|