Domestic Animal Production PlanningLaajuus (9 cr)

Objective

The students form an overall picture of the factors affecting the planning of domestic animal production. They are able to plan the functionality of domestic animal production, work chains, calculate their costs and determine the labour input of different production methods. The students can draw a functional ground plan for a domestic animal production building, interpret official construction drawings, and make a cost estimate for a building.
The students are able to calculate the production costs of the various branches of domestic animal production, their profitability, cost structure and production capacity. They can calculate the profitability of investments based on the present value method, considering investment risks. They can plan the financing of investments.
The students can make a viable functional plan for investments on a domestic animal farm.

Content

1. Environmental protection, production quality and wellbeing
2. Functional design, work chains, labour input, costs
3. Building projects and building regulations
4. Investment cost estimate and financing plan
5. Profit margin, net profit, production cost, profitability, efficiency, investment profitability calculations and risk analysis
6. Creating a functional plan

Qualifications

Basics of domestic animal production

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

(1-2) - inexperienced performer
The student is able to design functionality of a barn and can understand construction drawings. The student is able to calculate the profitability of animal production lines and investments. (3-4) - developing performer. In addition the former criteria the student is able to do a complete ja realizable plan for a barn investment and can assess the risks in business.
(5) - competent performer. In addition to former criteria the student can apply creatively new techniques and funtional solutions to practical problems and can consider the effects relative to social, ecological and economical perspective.