Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-PLACEMENT-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-PLACEMENT-2024-ONGOING
MURDOCH-SUM-PLACEMENT-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-W-PLACEMENT-2024-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Students must have a placement approved before enrolling in ANS201. Placements on farms and agricultural workplaces require students to have completed Farm Safety Green Card (ANS101 in 2020-2023 or ANS100 in 2024 onwards). Placements that require travel outside of the metropolitan area require students to have completed Driver Safety Awareness (ANS101 in 2020-2023 or ANS100 in 2024 onwards). Placements that involve working with livestock require that students have passed ANS101.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Exercise critical thinking and professional judgement to develop a career plan and enact a relevant real-world learning experience

2.

Demonstrate application of Professional Practice and integrity in a workplace focussed on livestock production systems

3.

Work effectively in a team environment within a workplace setting focused on livestock production systems

4.

Develop and apply knowledge of the concepts of animal production systems in a workplace setting

5.

Reflect critically on professional experiences in a workplace setting in support of lifelong learning and professional identity

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

The main themes addressed in this unit are:

  • career opportunities in agriculture (livestock production) and research
  • workplace skills and practice required for careers in livestock production system industry – workplace and research
  • application of concepts and skills in agricultural science and animal production systems for problem solving in workplace setting
  • reflective practice and lifelong learning