Core Competencies

Unit of Competency: Perform pre-lay and lay activities

Modules Title: Performing pre-lay and lay activities
Module Descriptor: This unit covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to perform pre-lay and lay activities.
It comprises of performing preparatory activities, transfer layers in laying house, employing
lighting program, apply feeding program, perform harvesting and post-laying activities,

Nominal Duration: 40 hours

Summary of Learning Outcomes:

LO 1. Perform preparatory activities

LO2. Transfer layers in laying house
LO 3. Perform feeding of birds
LO 4. Apply feeding activities
LO 5. Perform health care
LO 6 Perform harvesting and post-laying activities

Details of Learning Outcomes:

LO 1. Perform preparatory activities

Assessment Assessment
Contents Conditions Methodologies
Criteria Methods
 Face to Face  Written Exam
Perform preparatory Clean and disinfect  Poultry  Demonstration
activities Laying houses houses and  Oral
according to nest set-up questioning/Interv
industry  Set of pre- iew
procedures laying and
 laying tools,
materials and
equipment
 Medication
and nutritional
Prepare Tools, requirements
materials and  Weighing
equipment scale and
other tools
and
equipment for
grading of
eggs

LO2. Transfer layers in laying house

Assessment Assessment
Contents Conditions Methodologies
Criteria Methods
Transfer layers in Select Ready to  Face to Face  Written Exam
laying house lay-pullets for  Poultry  Demonstration
transfer to laying houses and  Oral
house nest set-up questioning/Interv
Culling Pullets with  Set of pre- iew
abnormalities from laying and
the flock laying tools,
Transfer Ready-to- materials and
lay-pullets to equipment
laying house  Medication
reference to and nutritional
Animal Welfare Act requirements
and Good Animal  Weighing
Practices scale and
 other tools
and
equipment for
grading of
eggs
LO 3. Employ lighting program
Assessment Assessment
Contents Conditions Methodologies
Criteria Methods
Follow Lighting  Face to Face  Written Exam
program according  Poultry  Demonstration
to prepared houses and  Oral
schedule nest set-up questioning/Interv
Install Lighting  Set of pre- iew
fixtures according laying and
to required light laying tools,
intensity materials and
equipment
Employ lighting
 Medication
program
and nutritional
Perform
requirements
Monitoring of
sexual  Weighing
development scale and
accordance with other tools
breed standards and
equipment for
grading of
eggs

LO 4. Perform health care

 Assessment Assessment
Contents Conditions Methodologies
Criteria Methods
Apply feeding Prepare and clean  Face to Face  Written Exam
activities Feeders and water  Poultry  Demonstration
trough regularly houses and  Oral
Feeding Poultry nest set-up questioning/Interv
species according  Set of pre- iew
to industry laying and
standards laying tools,
Apply Feeding to materials and
peak and challenge equipment
feeding according  Medication
to layer’s status and nutritional
Proper Feed left- requirements
over  Weighing
scale and
Perform
other tools
Monitoring of
and
productivity with
equipment for
refrence to bird’s
grading of
status
eggs

LO 5. Apply feeding activities

Assessment Assessment
Contents Conditions Methodologies
Criteria Methods
Perform health care Doing Deworming  Face to Face  Written Exam
as recommended  Poultry  Demonstration
by veterinarian or houses and  Oral
authority
 Doing Booster nest set-up questioning/Interv
vaccination  Set of pre- iew
program as laying and
recommended by laying tools,
veterinarian or materials and
authority equipment
Doing Applications  Medication
of vaccines and nutritional
Give Vitamins and requirements
minerals  Weighing
supplementations scale and
based on other tools
assessment and and
recommendations equipment for
of veterinarian or grading of
animal nutritionist eggs
LO 6. Perform harvesting and post-laying activities
Assessment Assessment
Contents Conditions Methodologies
Criteria Methods
Perform harvesting Collect Eggs on a  Face to Face  Written Exam
and post-laying regular basis using  Poultry  Demonstration
activities appropriate houses and  Oral
materials and nest set-up questioning/Interv
standard c  Set of pre- iew
collecting laying and
procedures laying tools,
Classify Eggs materials and
according to equipment
industry  Medication
classification and nutritional
standards
Pack and store requirements
Eggs at  Weighing
appropriate room scale and
temperature other tools
Culling out and
Unproductive equipment for
layers according to grading of
standard industry eggs
procedures
Keep records
following
enterprise
standard