Poultry Production

Course Name: Poultry Production
 
Description:
The training will consist of theoretical and practical training during stages of the growing periods, clean and disinfect poultry holdings and basic understanding of the poultry production industry.
 
Target Group: Farmers or farm workers that are farming poultry broilers.
 
Prerequisites:
Must have the following qualification levels or equivalent knowledge :

  • NQF 1 Literacy

  • NQF 1 Numeracy

  • NQF 1 Care of Commercial Layers

  • NQF 1 Produce Poultry Broilers

 
Course Duration: 4 days
 
Course Fee: R 3,420.00 incl. VAT (training only)
R 5,928.00 incl. VAT (training and accommodation)
 
Course Presenter:   Patrick Verster
 
Accreditation:

* All our courses are SAQA accredited. To view the different NQF Levels, click on the column title. Background information of SAQA and NQF Levels is available under Terminology in the sub menu above.

NQF
Level
SAQA ID Title Credits
2 119394 Clean and disinfect on poultry holdings 5
2 119442 Demonstrate basic understanding of the poultry production industry 2
 
Content of Course:
1. Maintenance of Broiler Holdings
  1.1 Construction of Broiler Holdings
  1.2 Cleaning and Disinfecting of Broiler Holdings

2. Producing Poultry Broilers
  2.1 Growing Periods
  2.2 Care of Poultry Broilers
  2.3 Feeding of Poultry Broilers
  2.4 Vacination of Poultry Broilers

3. Marketing and Selling of Poultry Broilers
  3.1 Basic Introduction to the Poultry Industry
 
Capabilities:
When completing this course you will be able to maintain and run a poultry broiler business successfully.