NZQA registered unit standard
29171 version 1
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Title
Carry out routine, minor or temporary maintenance of equine
facilities under close supervision
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to
carry out routine, minor, or temporary maintenance of
paddocks and/or facilities where horses are housed, 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
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
Evidence is required for examples across a range of types of maintenance and
repairs which are routinely carried out and/or typical of the equine workplace.
Routine maintenance includes clean up after a vet or farrier visit, replacement of
equipment and grooming gear into its designated place, cleaning feed storage area,
first aid kit maintenance, cleaning horse float.
Minor maintenance include those carried out on – water supply, stable fixtures,
fencing and gates, stable surrounds, minor replacements.
Temporary maintenance includes maintenance made to water supply until permanent
repairs can be carried out.
Grounds maintenance includes mowing, raking, sweeping, and garden maintenance.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Carry out routine, minor or temporary maintenance of equine facilities under close
supervision.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
29171 version 1
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Carries out minor routine, minor, or temporary maintenance of paddocks and/or
facilities where horses are housed.
1.2
Carries out routine grounds maintenance.
1.3
Carries out routine maintenance following equine workplace activities which
may involve a visit from an external contractor.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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