THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA

COMPETENCY BASED MODULAR CURRICULUM

FOR

POULTRY (KIENYEJI CHICKEN) PRODUCTION

KNQF LEVEL 3
(CYCLE 3)

ISCED PROGRAMME CODE: 0811 254 A

TVET CDACC
P.O. BOX 15745-00100
NAIROBI

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the address below:

Council Secretary/CEO
TVET Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council
P.O. Box 15745–00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: [email protected]

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 FOREWORD
The provision of quality education and training is fundamental to the Government’s overall
strategy for social and economic development. Quality education and training contribute to
the achievement of Kenya’s development blueprint and sustainable development goals.

Reforms in the education sector are necessary to achieve Kenya Vision 2030 and meet the
provisions of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. The education sector had to be aligned to the
Constitution, and this resulted in the formulation of the Policy Framework for Reforming
Education and Training in Kenya (Sessional Paper No. 14 of 2012). A key feature of this
policy is the radical change in the design and delivery of TVET training. This policy
document requires that training in TVET be competency-based, curriculum development be
industry-led, certification be based on demonstration of competence, and the mode of
delivery allow for multiple entry and exit in TVET programmes.

These reforms demand that Industry takes a leading role in curriculum development to ensure
the curriculum addresses its competence needs. It is against this background that this
curriculum has been developed. For trainees to build their skills on foundational hands-on
activities of the occupation, units of learning are grouped in modules. This has eliminated
duplication of content and streamlined exemptions based on skills acquired as a trainee
progresses in the up-skilling process, while at the same time allowing trainees to be
employable in the shortest time possible through the acquisition of part qualifications.

It is my conviction that this curriculum will play a great role in developing competent human
resources for the Agriculture Sector’s growth and development.

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR TVET
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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 PREFACE
Kenya Vision 2030 aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing middle-income
country, providing high-quality life to all its citizens by the year 2030. Kenya intends to
create globally competitive and adaptive human resource base to meet the requirements of a
rapidly industrializing economy through lifelong education and training. TVET has a
responsibility to facilitate the process of inculcating knowledge, skills, and worker behaviour
necessary for catapulting the nation to a globally competitive country, hence the paradigm
shift to embrace Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET).

TVET Act, CAP 210A and Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2019 on Reforming Education and
Training in Kenya for Sustainable Development emphasized the need to reform curriculum
development, assessment, and certification. This called for a shift to CBET to address the
mismatch between skills acquired through training and skills needed by industry, as well as
increase the global competitiveness of the Kenyan labour force.

This curriculum has been developed in adherence to the Kenya National Qualifications
Framework and CBETA standards and guidelines. The curriculum is designed and organized
into Units of Learning with Learning Outcomes, suggested delivery methods, learning
resources, and methods of assessing the trainee’s achievement. In addition, the units of
learning have been grouped in modules to concretize the skills acquisition process and
streamline upskilling.

I am grateful to all expert trainers and everyone who played a role in translating the
Occupational Standards into this competency-based modular curriculum.

CHAIRMAN
TVET CDACC

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This curriculum has been designed for competency-based training and has independent units
of learning that allow the trainee flexibility in entry and exit. In developing the curriculum,
significant involvement and support were received from expert trainers, institutions and
organizations.

I recognize with appreciation the role of the Agriculture National Sector Skills Committee
(NSSC) in ensuring that competencies required by the industry are addressed in the
curriculum. I also thank all stakeholders in the Agriculturesector for their valuable input and
everyone who participated in developing this curriculum.

I am convinced that this curriculum will go a long way in ensuring that individuals aspiring to
work in the AgricultureSector acquire competencies to perform their work more efficiently
and effectively.

COUNCIL SECRETARY/CEO
TVET CDACC

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................ iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT........................................................................................................ v
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................ vii
KEY TO ISCED UNIT CODE ........................................................................................... viii
KEY TO TVET CDACC UNIT CODE................................................................................ ix
COURSE OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... x
CONSTRUCTION OF KIENYEJI CHICKEN STRUCTURES .......................................... 1
MANAGEMENT OF KIENYEJI CHICKEN BREEDING FLOCK .................................... 5
KIENYEJI CHICKEN HEALTH AND WELFARE MANAGEMENT............................... 9

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 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme
CAD Computer Assisted Drawing
CBET Competency Based Education and Training
EMS Environmental Management Systems
FSDRP Food Security and Drought Resilience Programme
FSP Food Security Project
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GMP Good Manufacturing Practices
ICT Information Communication Technology
KNQF Kenya National Qualifications Framework
MoALF&I Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation
MoE Ministry of Education
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PSSAC Poultry Sector Skills Advisory Committee
AU - IBAR African Union – InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources
OS Occupational Standard
PPE Personal Protective Equipment

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 KEY TO ISCED UNIT CODE

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 KEY TO TVET CDACC UNIT CODE

POL/CU/KE/BC/01/3/MA

Industry or sector
Curriculum

Occupational area
Type of Unit
Unit number

Competency level
Version control

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 COURSE OVERVIEW
Poultry Kienyeji Chicken Production Level 3 qualification consists of competencies that an
individual must have to produce kienyeji chicken. It involves constructing kienyeji chicken
structures, managing kienyeji chicken breeding flock, and managing Kienyeji chicken health
and welfare.

The units of learning comprising Poultry Kienyeji Production Level 3 qualification include:
Unit Code TVET CDACC Unit Code Unit Title Duration Credit
in Hours Factor
0732 241 POL/CU/KE/CR/01/3/MA Construction of Kienyeji 100 10.0
01A Chicken Structures
0811 241 POL/CU/KE/CR/02/3/MA Management of Kienyeji 80 8.0
02A Chicken Breeding Flock
0841 241 POL/CU/KE/CR/03/3/MA Kienyeji Chicken Health 100 10.0
03A and Welfare Management
0841 241 POL/CU/KE/CR/04/3/MA IndustryTraining 240 24.0
04A
Total 520 52

Entry Requirements
a) Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE)
Or
b) Equivalent qualifications as determined by relevant regulatory body

Trainer Qualifications
Qualifications of a trainer for this course include:
a) Possession of Poultry Production Level 5 or level 5 in related trade area;
b) License by TVETA.

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Credit Accumulation, Transfer, and Exemptions

TVET CDACC Guidelines on credit accumulation and transfer shall apply.

Industry Training
An individual enrolled in this course will be required to undergo industry training for a
minimum period of 240 hours in Kienyeji Poultry production farm. The industrial training
may be taken after completion of all units for those pursuing the full qualification or be
distributed equally in each unit for those pursuing part qualifications. In the case of dual
training model, industrial training shall be as guided by the dual training policy.

Assessment
The course shall be assessed formatively and summatively:
a) During formative assessment all performance criteria shall be assessed based on
performance criteria weighting.
b) Number of formative assessments shall minimally be equal to the number of elements in a
unit of competency
c) Assessment of basic and common competencies shall be integrated in the core units
d) Theoretical assessment shall be integrated in practical assessment and conducted orally in
both formative and summative assessments.
e) Theoretical and practical weight shall be 10:90 respectively for each unit of learning.
f) Formative and summative assessments shall be weighted at 60% and 40% respectively in
the overall unit of learning score
g) Assessment performance rating for each unit of competency shall be as follows:

MARKS COMPETENCE RATING

80 -100 Attained Mastery
65 - 79 Proficient
50 - 64 Competent
49 and below Not Yet Competent
Y Assessment Malpractice/irregularities

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h) Assessment for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) may lead to award of part and/or
full qualification.

Certification
A candidate will be issued with a Certificate of Competency upon demonstration of
competence in a Unit of Competency. To be issued with the Kenya National TVET
Certificate in Poultry (Kienyeji Chicken) Production Level 3, the candidate must demonstrate
competence in all the Units of Competency as given in the qualification pack. Statement of
Attainment certificate may be awarded upon demonstration of competence in certifiable
element within a unit.

These certificates will be issued by TVET CDACC.

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 CONSTRUCTION OF KIENYEJI CHICKEN STRUCTURES

UNIT CODE: 0732 241 01A

TVET CDACC UNIT CODE: POL/CU/KE/CR/01/3/MA

Relationship to Occupational Standards

This unit addresses the Unit of Competency: Construct Kienyeji Chicken Structures

Duration of Unit: 100 hours

Unit Description
This unit specifies the competencies required to construct kienyeji chicken structures. It involves
preparations to construct Kienyeji chicken structures, construction of Kienyeji chicken structures
and equipping the Kienyeji chicken structures.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
By the end of this unit, the learner should be able to:
S/No Learning Outcomes Duration (Hours)
1. Prepare to construct Kienyeji chicken structures 40
2. Construct Kienyeji chicken house structures 40
3. Equip Kienyeji chicken house 20
Total 100

Learning Outcomes, Content and Suggested Assessment Methods

Learning Outcome Content Suggested Assessment
Methods
1. Prepare and plan to 1.1. Personal Protection Equipment and• Written tests
construct Kienyeji Apparel (PPEs) required in Kienyeji • Observation
chicken structures chicken house construction. • Oral questions
1.2. Occupational safety and health • Third party report

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 procedures in Kienyeji chicken house
construction.
1.3. Structures site preparation
1.4. Types of Kienyeji chicken
structures
1.5. Factors determining type of
Kienyeji chicken house
1.5.1. Type of birds
1.5.2. Production system
1.5.3. Cost
1.5.4. Climatic conditions
1.6. Construction materials
1.6.1. Types
1.6.2. Quality
1.6.3. Storage
1.7. Construction records
2. Construct and install 2.1 Kienyeji chicken house layout • Written tests
Kienyeji chicken house ✓ Area measurement • Observation
structures ✓ Pegging • Oral questions
2.2 Kienyeji chicken house foundation • Third party report
✓ Excavation • Project and report
✓ Mixing ratios of mortar writing
✓ Stone laying
2.3 Construction of Kienyeji chicken
house parts
✓ Floor
✓ Wall
✓ Roof
2.4 Construction of Security and

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 Biosecurity measures
• Footbath
• Predators barriers
• vehicle and human traffic controls
2.5 Construction of accessory structures
• Perches
• Laying boxes
• Brooder
2.6 Kienyeji poultry waste management
structures.
2.7 Site waste material disposal
• Importance
• Debris disposal
2.8 Work inspection
2.9 Critical house requirements
3. Equip Kienyeji chicken 3.1 Equipment and • Written tests
house materialnecessary in a Kienyeji • Observation
chicken house • Oral questions
• Feeders • Third party report
• Waterers • Interviewing
• Heaters • Project and report
• Coolers writing
3.2 Installation of movable poultry
house structures
3.3 Factors considered in
installation of equipment and
materials in Kienyeji chicken house
• Time
• pattern

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 • Safety precautions
• Number of birds

Suggested Methods of Instruction

• Demonstration
• Practice by the trainee
• Field trips
• Discussions
• Direct instruction
• Case studies
• Simulation
• Audio-visual aids
• Modelling

Recommended Resources
Functional Kienyeji chicken farm with the following:

• Kienyeji chicken house • Sand • Hammer

• Equipments • Saw • Nails
• Waterers • Stones • Wooden pegs
• Feeders • Cement • Tape measures
• Bedding • Ballast • Barbed/chain link
materials • Timber • Hoe
• Grit / shell • Slashers • Shovels
container • Crowbar • Wheel barrow
• Sand bath
• Accesory structures

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 MANAGEMENT OF KIENYEJI CHICKEN BREEDING FLOCK

UNIT CODE: 0811 241 02A

TVET CDACC UNIT CODE: POL/CU/KE/CR/02/3/MA

Relationship to Occupational Standards

This unit addresses the Unit of Competency: Manage Kienyeji Chicken Breeding Flock

Duration of Unit: 80 hours

Unit Description
This unit specifies the competencies required to manage Kienyeji chicken chicken breeding
flock. It involves performing chicken breeding, feeding breeding flock, maintaining general
cleanliness, monitoring Kienyeji chicken performance and handling Kienyeji chicken eggs.

Summary of Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit, the learner should be able to:
S/No Learning Outcomes Duration (Hours)
1. Perform chicken breeding 10
2. Feed breeding flock 20
3. Maintain general cleanliness 10
4. Monitor Kienyeji chicken performance 20
5. Handle Kienyeji chicken eggs 20
Total 80

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Learning Outcomes, Content and Suggested Assessment Methods
Learning Content Suggested Assessment
Outcome Methods
1. Perform 1.1. Kienyeji chicken strains and eco-types • Written tests
chicken breeding 1.2. The desirable meat and egg production • Observation
traits in Kienyeji chicken. • Oral questions
1.3. Selection of males and females based on• Third party report
traits of economic importance • Interviewing
1.4. Male to female ratio.
1.5. Artificial Insemination in poultry
1.6. Breeding record
2. Feed breeding 2.1. Personal Protection Equipment and • Written tests
flock Apparel (PPEs) required in chicken feed. • Observation
2.2. Types of Kienyeji chicken feed • Oral questions
2.2.1. Locally available • Third party report
2.2.2. Commercial feeds • Interviewing
2.3. Feed quality control • Project and report writing
2.4. Feed mixing ratios
2.4.1. Production ration.
2.4.2. Maintenance ration.
2.4.3. Balanced ration.
2.4.4. Weaning ration.
2.5. Feed mixing
2.6. Feed storage conditions
2.7. Feeding schedule
2.8. Feeding standard.
2.9. Water
2.9.1. Quality
2.9.2. Quantity

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2.11. Feeding record keeping.

3. Maintain 3.1. Suitable detergents for cleaning • Written tests

general 3.2. Cleaning of feeding and watering • Observation
cleanliness equipment • Oral questions
3.3. Sanitation procedure for house, • Third party report
equipment and personnel • Interviewing
4. Monitor 4.1. Kienyeji chicken vices • Written tests
Kienyeji chicken 4.1.1. Nutritional • Observation
performance 4.1.2. Parasites • Oral questions
4.1.3. Stocking rate • Third party report
4.1.4. structure • Interviewing
4.2. Problem indicators • Project and report writing
4.2.1. Predisposing factors.
4.2.2. Signs of a sick bird.
4.3. Performance record
4.4. Culling criteria
5. Handle 5.1. Suitable egg collection equipment • Written tests
Kienyeji chicken 5.2. Egg collection precautions • Observation
eggs 5.2.1. Time of collection • Oral questions
5.2.2. Collect in a dry bucket • Third party report
5.2.3. Clean dirty eggs. • Interviewing
5.3. Eggs sorting • Project and report writing
5.3.1. Size
5.3.2. Physical conformity.
5.4. Eggs storage for incubation
5.4.1. Conditions of storage
5.4.2. Duration

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 5.5. Egg production records

Suggested methods of instruction

• Project
• Demonstration by trainer
• Practice by the trainee
• Discussions
• Direct instruction
• Case study
• Audio –visual aids

Recommended Resources
Functional Kienyeji chicken unit with the following:

• Shovel • Saw • Multivitamins

• Broom • Catching hook • Syringe
• Wheel burrow • Weighing scale • Needles
• Sanitizing agents • Timber • Grit
• Brush • Nails • Water
• Detergents • Jerry can • Feed
• Knapsack sprayer • Crates • Vaccine
• Litter • Feeders • Cool box
• Rake • Drinkers • Freezer
• Hammer • Grit container • Disinfectant

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UNIT CODE: 0841 241 03A

TVET CDACC UNIT CODE: POL/CU/KE/CR/03/3/MA

Relationship to Occupational Standards

This unit addresses the Unit of Competency: Manage Kienyeji Chicken Health
Duration of Unit: 10 hours

Unit Description
This unit specifies the competencies required to manage Kienyeji chicken health. It involves farm
biosecurity, parasite control, vaccination, control of diseases and vices
Summary of Learning Outcomes
By the end of this unit, the learner should be able to:
S/No Learning Outcomes Duration (Hours)
1. Maintain Kienyeji chicken farm biosecurity 20
2. Manage Kienyeji chicken vaccination 20
3. Control Kienyeji chicken parasites 30
4. Manage Kienyeji chicken diseases and vices 30
Total 100

Learning Outcomes, Content and Suggested Assessment Methods

Learning Outcome Content Suggested Assessment
Methods
1. Maintain Kienyeji 1.1. Personal Protection Equipment • Written tests
chicken 1.1.1. Gloves • Observation
biosecurity 1.1.2. Dust coat/overall • Oral questions

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 1.1.3. Gumboots • Third party report
1.1.4. Goggles • Interviewing
1.1.5. Face mask. • Case study reports
1.2. Biosecurity structures and equipment
1.2.1. Boundary fence (electric or stone
wall)
1.2.2. Gate
1.2.3. Entry showers, both at the gate and
at the house sites
1.2.4. Foot bathes and vehicle sprayers
1.2.5. Hand washing gadgets
1.2.6. Post mortem rooms
1.2.7. Mortality disposal pits
1.2.8. Rodent and pest control traps
1.3. Biosecurity measures in a chicken farm
1.4. Chicken waste management
1.4.1. Litter (droppings, feathers, spilt
feed, dead birds)
1.4.2. Other wastes (plastics, glass, paper,
metals and fluids)
1.5. Biosecurity records
2. Manage Kienyeji 2.1 Bird handling methods • Observation
chicken 2.2 Vaccination schedule • Written tests
vaccination 2.3 Vaccine handling • Oral questions
2.4 Vaccination sites and routes • Interviewing
2.5 Vaccines abnormal reactions • Third party report
2.6 Vaccination records
3. Control Kienyeji 3.1 Economic importance of parasites and • Observation
chicken parasites predictors. • Written tests

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 and predators 3.2 Parasites and predictors predisposing • Oral questions
factors • Interviewing
3.3 External and internal chicken parasites • Third party report
• Internal (round worms)
• External (mites, soft ticks, fleas)
3.4 Prevention and control measures
3.5 Chicken pests and predators
• Types
• Control measures
3.6 Kienyeji chicken parasites and predator’s
management records.
4. Manage Kienyeji 4.1 Economic importance of chicken diseases • Observation
chicken diseases and vices • Written tests
and vices 4.2 Chicken diseases and vices predisposing • Oral questions
factors • Interviewing
4.3 General signs of ill health in chicken • Third party report
4.4 General disease prevention and control
measures
• Chicken vices
• Types of vices
4.5 Chicken diseases and vices prevention and
control measures
4.6 Chicken diseases and vices management
records

Suggested Methods of Instruction

• Project
• Demonstration by trainer
• Practice by the trainee

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 • Field trips
• Discussions
• Direct instruction
• Electronic audio-visual presentations
• Simulations

Recommended Resources
• Stationery (pen and • Automatic vaccination • Flock health records
sketching books) syringes • Water
• Chicken shackles • Syringes and needles • PPEs
• Scapels • Vaccines • Standard work place
• Cleaning materials and • Chicken dewormers procedures
equipment • Coccicidals • Animal diseases act Cap
• Disinfectants • Chicken acaricides 365, legal notice 47 of
• Sanitizers • Chicken dusts 1985
• Disposal pits • Footbaths • NEMA regulations and
• Weighing scales • Spayers audits
• Debeaking machine • Waste management • Livestock Production
• Wing stab needles equipment and material Manual

• Strategic chicken drugs – • Litter rakes

preventative and • Litter bins
emergency • Rodenticides
• Rodent control traps

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