Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Therapeutic Riding (Level 3)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
50
NZSCED
050105
Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies > Agriculture >
Animal Husbandry
Qualification developer
Primary ITO
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
October 2014
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the disabled
community with individuals who have the skills and knowledge to
assist the delivery of therapeutic riding programmes designed to
complement conventional therapies and special needs education
for individual riders with disabilities.
This qualification is targeted at people who have previous
experience handling horses in the equine industry and who wish
to further develop their skills as therapeutic riding assistant
coaches.
Graduates will benefit by having recognition of their therapeutic
coaching skills to assist to deliver safe and effective programmes
in local disabled communities based throughout New Zealand.
The disabled community will benefit by having skilled assistant
coaches who can offer a variety of services to their riders such
as education for riders with special needs, sport and recreation,
and therapy and rehabilitation.
Graduates will be capable of working under limited supervision
with responsibility for work outcomes.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the qualification will be able to:
Outcome Statement
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-
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Education pathway
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apply skills and knowledge to contribute to routine
therapeutic riding session(s) lesson planning and goal setting
for riders with disabilities
apply skills and knowledge to prepare for and carry out
routine therapeutic riding coaching, and review coaching
sessions, for a rider with a disability
instruct personnel on procedures to assist riders with
disabilities during a therapeutic riding session.
This qualification builds on from the New Zealand Certificate in
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Equine Skills (Level 2) [Ref: 2375].
This qualification can lead to the New Zealand Certificate in
Therapeutic Riding (Level 4) [Ref: 2379].
Employment pathway
Graduates of this qualification may be employed as therapeutic
riding assistant coaches.
With further work experience and study, graduates may gain
employment as therapeutic riding coaches.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by the Primary ITO as the
qualification developer and the industry training organisation
arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5
of the Industry Training Act 1992.
This qualification may also be awarded by an education
organisation accredited under section 250 of the Education
Act 1989 to deliver an approved programme leading to this
qualification.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification
will display the NZQF logo and may also include the name
and/or logo of the awarding education organisation.
Evidence requirements for managing
consistency
All education organisations offering programmes leading to
the qualification must engage with arrangements for
managing consistency, including covering actual and
reasonable related costs.
Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what
specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the
qualification.
Evidence of the following must be provided:
• Student feedback on course delivery and qualification
achievement, their perception of the value of the training,
and suggestions for improvements
• Feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge
and behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the
qualification
• Evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems
• Portfolios of work and/or assessment
samplesdemonstrating the range of student performance
within a programme
TEOs can also provide any other relevant evidence that
supports the consistency review.
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Credit transfer and recognition of
prior learning arrangements
Education organisations must have policies and procedures
in place for managing credit transfer, and assessing
recognition of prior learning and recognition of current
competency. These policies and procedures, and
information about associated fees, must be available to the
candidate prior to enrolment.
To facilitate credit transfer, education organisations must
clearly demonstrate the equivalency or comparability
between each of the outcomes in the graduate profile, and
the assessment components of their programmes.
Minimum standard of achievement
and standards for grade
endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for award of
the qualification will be the achievement of all graduate
outcomes in the graduate profile through successful
completion of an NZQA approved programme.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory body
or legislative requirements)
It is strongly recommended that learners complete the New
Zealand Certificate in Equine Skills (Level 2) [Ref: 2375]
prior to entering this qualification.
Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme
structure
None.
Conditions for programme
context
None.
Other conditions
All outcomes in this qualification require aspects of workplace health
and safety which should be considered as part of the assessment
process.
The behaviours that contribute to compliance with workplace
procedures, and general observation, reporting, and/or recording are
inherent in the performance of the qualification’s outcomes and must
be considered as part of the assessment process.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
1
Assessment must include the following unit
standards:
Mandatory
Apply skills and knowledge
to contribute to routine
therapeutic riding session(s)
lesson planning and goal
setting for riders with
disabilities
-
26498
17037
Credits 10
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2
Apply skills and knowledge
to prepare for and carry out
routine therapeutic riding
coaching, and review
coaching sessions, for a
rider with a disability
Credits 25
Programmes must include the following topics:
-
Instruct personnel on
procedures to assist riders
with disabilities during a
therapeutic riding session
Credits 15
Preparing the horse for coaching
Matching the size and type of horse to the
disabled rider
Assessment must include the following unit
standards:
-
3
Mandatory
1660
26502
26496
26503
Assessment must include the following unit
standards:
-
Mandatory
17040
1304
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Equine (RDA
Assistant Coach) (Level 3) [Ref: 1605].
Trainees currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification may either complete the
requirements as specified below, or transfer their results to this replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2016. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2019 at which time it will be designated
as discontinued.
It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary ITO.
Republication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished In February 2015 to update the Evidence requirements for
managing consistency
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