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Scenario · Sea Farm Operations

Lead the biosecurity response to a suspected disease in cage 12

You are the Leading Hand responsible for the cage 12 biosecurity response.

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The situation

What has happened

Cage 12 mortalities have risen from six a day to over twenty in three days, with fish flashing and showing pale gills. The Sea Farm Manager has isolated the cage under the Biosecurity and Stock Health Policy and the veterinarian has sampled ten fish, with laboratory results due on Saturday. Movements between cages have been stopped, but crews are busy with feeding, net cleaning and a harvest planned for cage 5, and the manager is not confident every boat is following the disinfection rule. If the disease is notifiable, the regulator must be told and movement controls will widen. No treatment can be given without veterinary direction and the Chemicals and Treatments Register must be checked. You have been asked to run the response and brief the crews.

Your brief. Take charge of the biosecurity response: verify movement and disinfection controls on every boat, review the log and mortality trend, confirm no unauthorised treatment, prepare the notification and communication steps if the disease is notifiable, protect the cage 5 harvest from cross contamination, and brief the crews with a toolbox talk.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • A mortality trend chart and log review summary
  • A movement and disinfection audit with any breaches recorded
  • A notifiable disease notification pack
  • A completed Toolbox Talk record
  • The updated cage 12 emergency log entry

Documents to use

Systems to use

Farm Stock and Water Quality Log

Records daily water quality readings, feed, mortalities, observations, movements and health events for every sea cage and hatchery system.

WHS Incident and Hazard Register

The controlled record of injuries, near misses, hazards, spills and vessel and vehicle incidents across all sites and vessels, with investigation and corrective actions to closure.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Seafood Industry as at 10 September 2026.

SFIBIO401Apply aquaculture biosecurity measures
SFIAQU315Apply control measures for diseases
SFIAQU411Develop and implement a stock health program
SFIAQU303Monitor stock handling activities
SFICPL307Facilitate effective communication in the workplace

Qualifications

SFI30119Certificate III in Aquaculture
SFI40119Certificate IV in Aquaculture
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Assess whether the student understands the movement control logic and audits it honestly, interprets the mortality and water quality data sensibly, respects the rule that treatment needs veterinary direction, prepares an accurate notification pack, protects the cage 5 harvest with specific controls, and runs a clear toolbox talk. The emergency log entry should read as a real incident record.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.