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Prepare the horse, and remove horse shoes
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to restrain and prepare the
horse for attending to its feet, and remove front and hind shoes from a horse.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Farriery
Status
Registered
Status date
25 September 2003
Date version published
25 October 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 14592 replaced unit
standard 1604.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit 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 relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
2
All work practices must comply with industry standards, and not contravene the Code
of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Horses, Code of
Animal Welfare No. 7, available from http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/animalwelfare/codes.
3
Industry standards are defined as work having been performed within Occupational
Safety and Health (OSH) regulations, and performed in a timely manner, which has
an economic outcome for the farrier. Such work must not require any immediate
adjustment.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Restrain and prepare the horse for attending to its feet.
Range
catch in – paddock, stable, yard.
Performance criteria
1.1
Horse is caught in a manner that does not endanger the person or the horse.
Range
1.2
gain initial attention, approach, initial restraint.
Solutions for catching difficult horses are demonstrated in accordance with the
situation.
Range
using feed, body position, extra people, smaller area, verbal
encouragement.
1.3
Halter is fitted in a manner which maintains control at all times, and with the
horse calm throughout the procedure.
1.4
Horse is led in different situations while maintaining control at all times in a
manner which is safe for the horse and the handler.
Range
1.5
through gates which are opened then shut, through stable doors
which are opened then shut, into and out of a yard.
Horse is tied in a safe place, with sufficient length of rope for the horse to
remain in a comfortable position while standing.
Range
quick release knot, bowline, double half hitch.
Element 2
Remove front and hind shoes from a horse.
Performance criteria
2.1
Foot is picked up and held in a position which is comfortable for the horse and
handler.
2.2
Clinch heads are lifted or removed without causing damage to the hoof.
Range
clenches cut cleanly, clenches straightened with buffer.
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2.3
Shoe is loosened and removed maintaining foot in natural holding position, and
in accordance with industry standards.
Range
2.4
with pincers from heel to toe alternately from inside branch to
outside branch.
Examination of the hoof determines the presence of hoof problems.
Range
cracks, bruising, separation, penetration.
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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