NZQA registered unit standard
29168 version 1
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Title
Care for a group of horses in a paddock, and maintain paddocks
under close supervision
Level
2
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to
provide routine day-to-day care including handling, feeding and
watering of horses in paddocks, and maintain the paddock
while working under close supervision in an equine industry
context.
Classification
Equine>Equine Care
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Demonstration of competency must be consistent with:

Workplace 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 either a commercial horse enterprise or
a recognised voluntary equine organisation, for example not-for-profit and/or
therapeutic riding organisations.
3
In the context of this unit standard, understanding means that there should be
evidence of a learners’ thorough comprehension of a topic. A learner with a good
understanding of a topic should have applied, or should be able to apply what they
have learnt to a workplace situation and will be able to alter their practices to the
different contexts they are applying their learning to. Assessors should be confident
that the learners’ understanding is embedded in their practices and behaviour.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Feed and water horses in the paddock, observe and report horse behaviour and unsafe
paddock features or fixtures, and report any variations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Prepares and places feed in the paddock with horses present.
1.2
Cleans water receptacle and replaces water, and/or cleans trough.
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NZQA registered unit standard
29168 version 1
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1.3
Observes, and reports normal horse behaviour and variations, maintains
records if required.
1.4
Observes and reports unsafe paddock features or fixtures.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate understanding of horse’s senses, communication, body language, group
hierarchy, compatible groupings, and behavioural characteristics when handling horses in
group situations.
Range
removing a horse from the group, introducing a horse to the group, leading into
and out of gates with horse present in the paddock or yard, catching one in the
group, letting one go into the group.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Describes the relationship between horse’s behavioural characteristics, group
hierarchy, and compatible groupings of horses.
2.2
Handles horses with consideration for horse’s senses, communication, and
body language.
2.3
Handles horses with consideration for horse’s behavioural characteristics.
Outcome 3
Identify common pasture species, weeds, and poisonous plants commonly found in
paddocks grazed by horses, and control weeds by manual methods.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Identifies common pasture species found in the local area.
Range
3.2
Identifies common weeds found in horse paddocks.
Range
3.3
at least four.
Identifies common plants that are poisonous to horses.
Range
3.4
at least four.
at least two.
Removes weeds and plants that are potentially poisonous to horses by manual
methods, or reports to the supervisor where this is not possible.
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SSB Code 101558
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NZQA registered unit standard
29168 version 1
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Outcome 4
Install and dismantle temporary electric fences.
Evidence Requirements
4.1
Installs and dismantles temporary electric fences.
4.2
Identifies and reports faults.
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
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.
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