Community Livestock Assistant is three months course (390 hours). It provides skills & knowledge necessary for community livestock assistant. There will be both demonstration by instructors/trainers and opportunity by trainees to perform skills/tasks specified in this curriculum. Trainees will practice & learn skills using typical tools, materials, equipment & machines necessary for the program.
After successful completion of this program the trainees will be equipped with the knowledge and skills related to social mobilization, livestock management, livestock health services, livestock products management, livestock marketing, communication and entrepreneur development.
The course is designed to produce lower level technical workforce equipped with knowledge and skills related to livestock production and management occupation. It makes the trainees able to get opportunities for wage and self employment in the related occupational field.
Aim
To produce lower level livestock workers (community livestock assistants) able to provide livestock services in the community being an entrepreneur/employee/self employed.
Objectives
After the completion of the training program, the trainees will be able:
• To be familiar with livestock production/management
• To be familiar with social mobilization
• To manage livestock (herd/flock)
• To assist for breeding management
• To manage nutrition
• To Keep goat/sheep
• To produce / manage pet animals
• To provide/facilitate for preventive services
• To provide first aid services to the animals
• To be familiar with zoonotic diseases
• To assist to manage drugs
• To manage dairy products
• To manage poultry products
• To manage wool/hide
• To market livestock products
• To communicate with others and
• To be familiar with entrepreneur development
Salient Features
Medium of instruction
Nepali or English or both
Pattern of attendance
• 80% attendance in theory
• 90% in practical/ performance
Focus of curriculum
This curriculum emphasizes on competency /performance. 80% time is allocated for performance and only 20% for related technical knowledge. So the focus will be on performance of the specified competencies in the curriculum.
Follow up suggestions
In order to assess the success of this program and collect feedbacks/ inputs for the revision of the curriculum a schedule of follow up is suggested as follows:
• First follow up: - Six months after the completion of the program
• Second follow up: - Six months after the completion of the first follow up
• Follow up cycle: - In a cycle of one year after the completion of the second follow up for five years
Grading
- Distinction: Passed with 80% or above
- First Division: passed with 75% or above
- Second Division: passed with 65% or above
- Third Division: passed with 60% or above
Certificate
The related training institute will provide the certificate of "Community Livestock Assistant". Again, individuals who complete module (s) of the curriculum will receive a certificate of completion of the particular module(s).
Eligibility
- Minimum of eight class pass or equivalent
- Minimum of 14 years of age
- Should pass entrance examination
Curricular Structure
Modules and Sub modules
Module: 1: Introductory livestock & social mobilization
Sub module: 1: Introduction to livestock
Sub module: 2: Social mobilization
Module: 2: Livestock management
Sub-module:1: Herd/flock management
Sub-module:2: Breeding management
Sub-module:3: Nutrition management
Sub-module:4: Goat / sheep keeping
Sub-module: 5: Pet animal production and management
Module: 3: Livestock health services
Sub module: 1: Preventive services
Sub module: 2: First aid treatment
Sub module: 3: Zoonotic diseases
Sub module: 4: Drugs management
Module: 4: Livestock Products management
Sub module: 1: Dairy products management
Sub module: 2: Poultry products management
Sub module: 3: Wool / hide management
Module: 5: Marketing, communication and entrepreneur
Sub module: 1: Livestock product marketing
Sub module: 2: Communication
Sub module: 3: Entrepreneur development