1. Explain your communication skills with members of the public when dealing with animals, in accordance with your council's policies on animal care and control and that you respond to complaints in a timely manner

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1. Describe the circumstances when you are required, as part of your animal control duties, to be involved in effective community education programs

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1. Explain how you ensure your patrols are an effective means of capturing offending animals

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1. Describe how you ensure you are working according to legislation (including the Companion Animals Act and Amendments, and Work Health and Safety Act), the council's procedures when capturing, impounding and releasing animals

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1. What strategies do you undertake to ensure that you provide factual and legal information to animal owners at the time of infringements

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1. What type of process do you follow when issuing impounding and warning notices to dog owners.

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1. Describe the issues you take into account when deciding whether to impound or dispose of declared dangerous dogs. Explain how you ensure disposal is humane.

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1. When investigating a dog attack, how do you ensure that the investigation is undertaken in such a way as to support possible court proceedings?

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1. What is your council's process for registration checks, in accordance with council policy and legislation?

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1. With whom do you liaise at council regarding the release or destruction of dogs, and/or pound/registration fees? Why are you required to consult them?

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1. How do you ensure that all records are kept up-to-date?

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1. Describe the process you follow when you intend to prosecute an offending animal owner.

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1. What steps do you follow when the court proceedings find that the animal owner is guilty of an offence under the Companion Animal Act?