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Level 5
Credits 10
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare horses for a multiday horse trek, and supervise completion of documentation; prepare clients for a multiday horse trek; guide the multiday horse trek, and monitor the health and safety of clients and horses; manage rest stops during the multiday horse trek; establish and manage overnight accommodation for horses and people; and conclude the multiday horse trek.
This unit standard is designed for horse trek guides.
Subfield Tourism
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Planned review date
Entry information
Horse Trek Guiding
Registered
17 October 2008
22 May 2009
31 December 2013
Prerequisites: Unit 6612, Identify plants, grasses, and trees which are potentially poisonous to horses, and describe methods of removal ; Unit 17749, Guide horse treks of up to one day ; and Unit 19426, Demonstrate leadership skills when guiding adventure tourism activities ; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended: Unit 17750, Pack and manage pack horses for multiday horse treks , or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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.
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Special notes
1 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; Food Hygiene Regulations 1974; Health Act 1956; Land Transport Act
19 98; 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 their subsequent amendments.
2 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.
Culturally sensitive refers to awareness of differences in religion, customs, and practices of clients, and accommodating safe riding to fit in with clients’ needs.
3 In the context of this unit standard multiday refers to more than one day and includes at least one night; client is also the rider; and accommodation includes camping sites, hosted accommodation, huts, campsites for horses, and cabins for people and suitable for overnight facilities for horses.
Element 1
Select and prepare horses for a multiday horse trek, and supervise completion of documentation.
Performance criteria
1.1 Horses selected for riding match client and horse trek requirements.
Range client details include but are not limited to
– previous experience, height, weight, confidence, age, health condition; any other relevant client information; horse trek details include but are not limited to – length, terrain, weather.
1.2 Horses selected for riding are capable of completing duration of trek without undue stress or discomfort in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to – sound, fit for purpose, healthy.
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1.3 Horses for riding are prepared in gear suitable for horse trekking which enables control by client and comfort for horse and client.
Range suitable gear includes
– safe for use, comfortable for the horse, comfortable for the client.
1.4 Documentation is prepared and completed in accordance with legislation and worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to – client information, acknowledgement of safety briefing, medical disclosure, emergency contact details.
Element 2
Prepare clients for a multiday horse trek.
Performance criteria
2.1 Clients are supervised to prepare personal gear in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to – day gear, swags.
2.2 Client check ensures clothing and equipment is fitted in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and worksite procedures.
Range equipment includes but is not limited to
– safety helmet, stirrup iron size, weather protection.
2.3 Clients are assisted to mount their horses in a manner which does not cause stress or injury to horses or clients, and maintains control of horses at all times.
Range assistance may include but is not limited to
– leg up, mounting block, holding opposite stirrup.
2.4 Adjustment of saddlery matches comfort and control by client and/or guide along with comfort of the horse.
2.5 Pre-trip brief is carried out in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to – ride etiquette, riding position, riding skills, introduction of guide(s) and other trek participants, guidelines and rules of the trek, description of the trek, rider’s personal comfort, assistance during the trek, environmental care code, waste management, location of safety equipment.
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Element 3
Guide the multiday horse trek, and monitor the health and safety of clients and horses.
Performance criteria
3.1 Pace of trek is determined and maintained according to experience of clients and terrain and distance to be covered in the day, does not cause undue stress or discomfort to clients and horses, and ensures group is moving forward.
3.2 Group dynamics are monitored continually to determine mental and physical comfort of clients and horses.
Range monitoring may include but is not limited to
– visual, verbal, instinctual.
3.3 Where monitoring identifies mental and/or physical discomfort of clients or horses, procedures to alleviate discomfort are implemented in accordance with worksite procedures.
3.4 Situations or actions which are potentially hazardous for clients and/or horses are anticipated and/or identified, and managed in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range clients’ situations may include but are not limited to – unsafe actions, lack of confidence with horse; horses’ actions may include but are not limited to – misbehaviour, other horses misbehaving; environmental hazards may include but are not limited to – obstacles.
3.5 Instructions and encouragement to the group is constructive, clear, culturally sensitive, audible to all group members, and in accordance with worksite procedures.
3.6
Element 4
Procedures in the event of accident or emergency are carried out in accordance with worksite procedures.
Manage rest stops during the multiday horse trek.
Performance criteria
4.1 Dismounting of clients is supervised in a manner which maintains comfort and safety of clients and horses.
4.2 Horses are restrained and saddlery managed in a manner which ensures horses’ and group’s safety, and does not cause damage to saddlery.
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4.3
Clients’ and horses’ comfort requirements are attended to in accordance with legislation, and worksite procedures.
Range clients’ requirements may include but are not limited to – refreshments, smoking, water safety and water hygiene, toilet, rubbish disposal; horses’ requirements may include but are not limited to – feed, water.
4.4
Element 5
Preparation to resume trek following rest stop is carried out in a manner which ensures comfort and safety for clients and horses, and is in accordance with worksite procedures.
Establish and manage overnight accommodation for horses and people.
Performance criteria
5.1 Accomodation selected meets horses’ and clients’ comfort and safety requirements, and meets the requirements of relevant legislation, and in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range horses’ requirements include but are not limited to – natural shelter, drinking water and feed available, able to be restrained or contained; clients’ requirements include but are not limited to – natural shelter, drinking water availibility, toilets.
5.2 Clients are supervised at the conclusion of the day’s trekking to care for and meet the comfort requirements of their allocated horse in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range include but is not limited to
– gear removed and stored, feed, water, cool down, restraint.
5.3 Accomodation is set up by delegation of duties to clients that matches clients’ capability and suitability to do the task, and is in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to
– shelter and sleeping, cooking, gear storage, food storage, lighting, heating.
5.4 Meals are prepared and served in a manner which is timely, hygienic, palatable, meets clients’ cultural requirements, and is in accordance with relevant legislation and worksite procedures.
5.5 Accommodation is managed and dismantled (where applicable) in accordance with relevant legislation and worksite procedures.
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Element 6
Conclude the multiday horse trek.
Performance criteria
6.1 Dismounting is supervised in a manner which ensures safety and comfort of the client and horse, with the horse under control at all times.
6.2 Client de-briefing is carried out in a culturally sensitive manner, and is in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to – management of discomfort or injury, return business, procedures for complaints, evaluation and farewell.
6.3 Horses are attended to in a manner which meets their comfort requirements and further trekking commitments.
Range includes but is not limited to – gear, cool down, feed, water.
6.4 Documentation is completed in accordance with legislation and worksite procedures.
Range includes but is not limited to – incident report, log book, evaluation.
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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