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Ride a horse for exercise
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This is the first in a series of riding unit standards. Riders credited with this
unit standard will be able to enter various industry sectors and proceed with
specialised riding competencies.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: mount and dismount from
a horse; ride a horse through the basic school movements demonstrating the
use of aids; and maintain riding etiquette.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Equitation
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 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 and codes relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to: the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments; and
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.
2
The Official New Zealand Road Code (Wellington [NZ]: Land Transport NZ, 2007)
applies to driving and leading horses on the road.
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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
Mount and dismount from a horse.
Performance criteria
1.1
Clothing worn meets the requirements of riding and safety.
Range
includes but is not limited to – safety helmet; smooth soled, heeled
footwear; vest.
1.2
The horse is mounted with rider lowering gently into the saddle and maintaining
control of the horse at all times.
1.3
The horse is dismounted with rider landing on the ground with both feet
simultaneously and maintaining control of the horse at all times.
1.4
Aids are used which assist the rider to mount whilst maintaining control of the
horse at all times.
Range
mounting block, leg up.
Element 2
Ride a horse through the basic school movements demonstrating the use of aids.
Range
walk, rising trot, canter.
Performance criteria
2.1
Natural aids are used unobtrusively to control the horse.
Range
2.2
A steady and correct position in the saddle is maintained at all times.
Range
2.3
seat, leg, voice, hands.
hands, thumbs, lower arm in relation to rein and horse's mouth;
heels; lower leg; hip and heel alignment; body pose; head.
Leg aids are reinforced using artificial aids.
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Element 3
Maintain riding etiquette.
Performance criteria
3.1
Riding etiquette is maintained when riding on private property.
Range
3.2
Riding etiquette is maintained when riding on roads, and is in accordance with
the Road Code.
Range
3.3
use of gates, obtaining permission, other stock in paddock,
minimal damage to land.
use of grass verges, traffic.
Riding etiquette is maintained when riding in company in terms of safety of other
horses, the use of gates, and horses misbehaving.
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 standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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