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Demonstrate anatomical and physiological knowledge of horse legs
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the anatomical
structures of horse legs involved with movement and support; outline the
structure, function and growth of bone in horses’ legs; and identify structure
and function of the connective tissue of horse limbs.
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 19946 replaced unit
standard 1609.
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
The reference text for this unit standard is J Hickman and M Humphrey, Hickman’s
Farriery, Revised 2nd edition (London: J A Allen, 2004) ISBN 085131-451-1.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify the anatomical structures of horse legs involved with movement and support.
Performance criteria
1.1
Bones of fore and hind leg are identified.
1.2
Tendons of the lower leg, and their insertions, are identified.
1.3
Major muscles of the limbs are identified.
1.4
Ligaments of the suspensory apparatus and their origins and insertions are
identified.
1.5
The function of the suspensory apparatus is outlined.
Element 2
Outline the structure, function and growth of bone in horse legs.
Range
fore, hind.
Performance criteria
2.1
Long bone structure is identified.
2.2
Bone function is outlined.
2.3
Long bone growth is outlined.
2.4
Growth plate closure times are outlined.
Element 3
Identify structure and function of the connective tissue of horse limbs.
Performance criteria
3.1
Structure of connective tissue is identified.
3.2
Function of connective tissue is outlined.
Range
joints, muscles and tendons.
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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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