NZQA registered unit standard
29172 version 1
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Title
Describe feeds and carry out feeding requirements of horses in
training
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to
demonstrate understanding of feeds and feeding in the routine
day to day care of horses in training in an equine racing
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 either a commercial horse enterprise or
a recognised voluntary equine organisation.
3
Horses in training may include all stages of training from spelling to peak
performance, letting down, during rest or injury, and when unwell at any stage during
training.
4
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
Demonstrate understanding of common raw and commercially processed horse feeds
used in racing establishments and the nutritional and feed requirements of horses in
training.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
29172 version 1
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Identifies commonly used feeds by their visual characteristics.
Range
may include but is not limited to - grains, commercially processed
feeds, roughage.
1.2
Assesses quality of feed using features of appearance, smell, touch, and taste
for suitability for equine consumption.
1.3
Identifies the types, quality, and nutritional composition of commonly used
feeds.
Range
may include but is not limited to - grains, commercially processed
feeds, roughage.
1.4
Describes feed processing methods.
1.5
Describes the nutritional and feed requirements of horses in training.
Range
protein, energy, roughage, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, water.
Outcome 2
Carry out feeding requirements for horses in training.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Prepares, combines, and places individual feeds in horses stable with
consideration for individual horse feeding behaviour.
2.2
Places and secures hay in the stable.
2.3
Maintains water for horses.
2.4
Records and reports feed consumption, feeding behaviour, and problems of
feeding.
2.5
Describes the causes and treatment or management of problems of feeding.
Range
Planned review date
at least four problems of feeding.
31 December 2020
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
29172 version 1
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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