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Demonstrate water safety procedures when guiding clients on horse
treks
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess the water for
suitability for navigation when horse trekking; set up safety measures, and
brief clients prior to water navigation; and carry out water navigation and debrief clients.
This unit standard is designed for horse trek guides.
Subfield
Tourism
Domain
Horse Trek Guiding
Status
Registered
Status date
17 October 2008
Date version published
17 October 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
ServiceIQ
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0078
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation
Act 2001; Occupiers’ Liability Act 1962; Conservation Act 1987; Historic Places Act
1993; Local Government Act 2002; Marine Reserves Act 1971; National Parks Act
1980; Reserves Act 1977; Resource Management Act 1991; Commerce Act 1986;
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993; Fair Trading Act 1986; and any relevant regulations
and their subsequent amendments.
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Definitions
Worksite procedures refer to the documented policies and procedures for worksite
activities as required by the employer. All worksite procedures must meet the
requirements of the Horse Trekking Quality Tourism Standard, Adventure Tourism
Council New Zealand, (Christchurch: 2000), and its subsequent revisions; and any
documented safety procedures for personal and worksite safety.
Confidence in the context of this unit standard refers to delivering the client briefing in
a manner exhibiting self-assurance and/or authority.
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In the context of this unit standard water includes rivers, streams, estuaries, beaches,
and swampy areas; and client is also the rider.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Assess the water for suitability for navigation when horse trekking.
Performance criteria
1.1
Assessment of water determines whether navigation can be carried out without
injury to horses or clients.
Range
water assessment may include but is not limited to – speed,
colour, depth, presence of floating debris, movement of stones on
bed, nature of water bottom, tides, surf;
evidence of a minimum of five types of water assessment is
required.
1.2
Assessment of water for safe entry and exit points determines safe navigation in
accordance with worksite procedures.
1.3
Assessment of water determines order of horses when navigating in
accordance with worksite procedures.
Element 2
Set up safety measures, and brief clients prior to water navigation.
Performance criteria
2.1
Implementation of safety measures addresses anticipated risk factors related to
the situation in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range
safety measures include but are not limited to – safety cover
upstream, safety cover downstream, entry and exit points;
risk factors may include but are not limited to – current level of
river, tidal conditions, nature of water bottom, weather forecast,
horses losing footing, clients falling off their horse, equipment or
people caught in current.
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2.2
Client brief is given in accordance with worksite procedures, and is provided
clearly, audibly, and with confidence.
Range
includes but is not limited to – position in saddle when crossing,
place and order of crossing, horse behaviour, management of
horse when crossing, cross line, entry and exit points, control at
entry and exit points.
Element 3
Carry out water navigation and de-brief clients.
Performance criteria
3.1
Navigation is demonstrated and supervised in accordance with safety
precautions regarding horses ridden and clients, and is in accordance with initial
assessment and worksite procedures.
3.2
De-briefing is carried out in accordance with worksite procedures and
addresses the success of the navigation, and the physical and emotional state
of clients and horses.
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 ServiceIQ qualifications@serviceiq.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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