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Make horse shoes in the forge by hand
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate safe working
practices in a farrier's workshop, and forge horse shoes by hand.
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 14593 replaced unit
standard 1605.
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
Demonstrate safe working practices in a farrier's workshop.
Performance criteria
1.1
Personal protective equipment suitable for the job is selected and worn in
accordance with industry standards.
Range
1.2
protection to – body, head, hair, eyes, ears, lungs.
Loose body accessory items are protected or removed when working in the
workshop in accordance with industry standards.
Range
chains, rings, watches.
1.3
Protective footwear is worn in accordance with industry standards.
1.4
Machinery is operated according to manufacturer's specifications.
Element 2
Forge horse shoes by hand.
Range
shoes – hand fullered, deep seated, graduated heel, plain stamped, bar.
Performance criteria
2.1
Steel is cut to required length in accordance with the size of horses foot.
Range
cold set, hot set, hacksaw, guillotine.
2.2
Steel heated in the forge is at a temperature which enables forging.
2.3
Standard fore and hind shoes are forged on the anvil for the individual horse in
accordance with industry standards.
Range
balanced toe and branches, level, smooth, indiscernible hammer
marks, seated, heels shaped, nail holes, clips.
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.
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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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