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Care for stabled horses

Level / 4
Credits / 8

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and record horses and equipment; describe a horse’s stabling requirements; carry out the daily stable routine; feed stabled horses; demonstrate knowledge of, and implement, preventative health requirements; recognise and report stable vices and behavioural problems; and check and report on stable consumables.

Subfield / Equine
Domain / Equine Care
Status / Registered
Status date / 23 April 2008
Date version published / 23 April 2008
Planned review date / 31 December 2013
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0018

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.

2 Stable procedures are the documented practices and polices required within a particular workplace that do not contravene the Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Horses (Wellington: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 1993) or available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/codes/horses/index.htm.

3 For this unit standard the practical assessment evidence must be provided in the context of a commercial business operation under normal working conditions.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Identify and record horses and equipment.

Performance criteria

1.1 Horses in the stable are identified, and their details are recorded in accordance with stable procedures.

1.2 Equipment held in the stable is recorded in accordance with stable procedures.

Element 2

Describe a horse’s stabling requirements.

Performance criteria

2.1 Requirements of the horse’s stable are described.

Range includes but is not limited to – environmental conditions, internal and external fittings, welfare, health and safety, dimensions.

Element 3

Carry out the daily stable routine.

Performance criteria

3.1 Horses are observed for health and well-being, and appropriate action is taken in accordance with stable procedures.

3.2 Horses that require exercise are prepared, and made ready at the designated time and place. in accordance with stable procedures.

3.3 The daily schedule to ensure that horses, stables, and surroundings are well presented is implemented in accordance with stable procedures.

Range includes but is not limited to – clean, tidy, without hazard to people and/or animals, equipment stored in designated place.

Element 4

Feed stabled horses.

Performance criteria

4.1 Feeds are prepared and horses are fed in accordance with stable procedures.

4.2 Problems with feeding and watering are recognised and reported in accordance with stable procedures.

Element 5

Demonstrate knowledge of, and implement, preventative health requirements.

Performance criteria

5.1 Reasons for implementing preventative health measures are described in terms of introducing a new horse to the stable.

5.2 The ongoing preventative health programme is implemented in accordance with stable procedures.

Range includes but is not limited to – worming, vaccination.

Element 6

Recognise and report stable vices and behavioural problems.

Range vices include but are not limited to – weaving, door kicking, crib biting, windsucking, front footing, biting, head rolling, tearing clothing, box walking.

Performance criteria

6.1 Stable vices and behavioural problems are described in terms of control measures suitable for rectifying the problems.

6.2 Stable vices and behavioural problems are reported in accordance with stable procedures.

6.3 The reasons why horses develop stable vices and behavioural problems are identified.

Element 7

Check and report on stable consumables.

Performance criteria

7.1 Feed supplies are stored free from contamination and checked for quality and quantity, and reported, in accordance with stable procedures.

7.2 Stable bedding supply is checked for quantity, and reported, in accordance with stable procedures.

7.3 Equipment is checked for damage, and signs of damage are reported, in accordance with stable procedures.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

Comments on this unit standard

Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2013