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1 Appendix 1: Review of job description for Australian Government Accredited Veterinarians AAVs
1.1 Introduction
This report was written by the following members of the project team: Michael McCarthy, Leisha Hewitt, Tristan Jubb, Robyn Tynan and Nigel Perkins.
The report was completed in October 2009. This report was intended to deliver against Objective 4: Responsibilities of on-board vets and
stockpersons, from the Stage 1 task list for the project. While the report is focused on responsibilities for AAV we recognise that where there is no
AAV on board a ship, there may be a need for some of these tasks to be assigned to the senior stockperson. The requirement for an AAV to accompany a voyage is made by the
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture as part of the Approved Export Plan AEP. In fact, as the project developed and voyages were enrolled, all voyages that participated in the
study were accompanied by an AAV. As a result we did not have to specifically task stockpersons with a leadership role for project data collection.
This report provided the basis for discussion with exporters and AAVs about involvement of AAVs in research activities and developing agreement on the scope of activities that AAVs
might be able to undertake for the research project while ensuring that AAVs were not asked to do anything that was not already in their routine voyage responsibilities.
1.2 Current tasks and obligations
1.2.1 Prerequisites
On-board veterinarians must meet the following eligibility criteria: be registered by a StateTerritory veterinary surgeon’s board;
be an Australian citizen in order to accompany an export ship to overseas destinations not required for approval for pre-embarkation activities;
have completed Animal Health Australia’s Accreditation Program for Australian Veterinarians APAV
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; have successfully completed the AQIS Accredited Veterinarian AAVET course
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; have submitted to AQIS a completed form titled Application for Accreditation of
Veterinarians for Live-stock Export AAV-250609.
1.2.2 Tasks and reporting
During a voyage, the AAV is required to produce a daily report and an end-of-voyage report and the contents of those two reports are defined in both the Export Control Animals Order
2004 and the ASEL. These reporting requirements are defined in a document titled Approved Export Program AEP that is linked to the NOICRMP for that voyage and that
specifies the vessel, importing country, species, class, breed and estimated departure date.
There may also be pre-export reporting requirements for the AAV, generally associated with preparing the animalsconsignment for export and including identification of animals,
samples for testing, treatments, inspections, rejections etc.
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http:www.animalhealthaustralia.com.autrainingapav.cfm
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http:www.animalhealthaustralia.com.auaahcindex.cfm?E984B958-D7BB-A8D3-3AC3- 93F0FBEB593E
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The AAV may have additional duties defined in the contract between the AAV and the exporter and these are likely to include assisting with loading and discharge, and various
tasks identified under instructions provided to the CaptainVeterinarianStockperson that relate to care of animal health and welfare during the voyage. The AAV is generally required
to undertake tasks as instructed by the Exporter and the Ship’s Master Captain and it is understood that the Master is responsible under law for the welfare of livestock on board the
vessel. The AAV is expected to provide health and welfare care for the livestock including
identification and management of welfare threats and managing and treating sick or weak animals including euthanasia if required.
There may be general obligations relating to terms of employment during the voyage including general conduct and behaviour, hours worked and various duties and obligations.
1.2.3 Summary of current tasksroles
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