NZQA registered unit standard
25003 version 2
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Title
Identify conformation, action, and lameness of horses
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
3
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to
identify and describe conformation, action, and lameness in the
routine day to day care of horses in an equine industry context.
People will be working under limited supervision with
responsibility for their work routines.
Classification
Equine>Equine Care
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Demonstration of competency must be consistent with:

Workplace and/or stable procedures

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992

Code of Welfare: Horses and Donkeys available at http://www.mpi.govt.nz.
2
Candidates must demonstrate competency in a commercial horse enterprise.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify horses’ conformation and action.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Identifies head and neck conformation in relation to breed and use.
Range
1.2
Identifies body conformation in relation to breed and use.
Range
1.3
at least six features.
Identifies leg conformation in relation to breed and use.
Range
1.4
at least six features.
at least four features.
Identifies hoof conformation in relation to breed and use.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Range
1.5
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at least eight features.
Understands the ways in which conformational faults affect the structure,
function, and usefulness of the horse.
Outcome 2
Assess a horse’s action.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Assesses a horse’s action at walk and trot.
Range
2.2
soundness, straightness, deviations from soundness and
straightness.
Identifies conformation faults that may affect action.
Range
at least five faults.
Outcome 3
Identify and report lameness in horses.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Identifies the lame limb from observation of features of a horse's action at walk
and trot.
3.2
Identifies the site of lameness by observation and touch.
3.3
Identifies external foot problems which may cause lameness and understands
their probable cause.
Range
3.4
at least two foot problems.
Reports lameness according to workplace procedures
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 October 2008
N/A
Review
2
15 October 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0018
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
25003 version 2
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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 standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016