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Identify lameness in horses, and make and fit appropriate shoes
Level
5
Credits
40
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify the site of
lameness in a horse's limb, and identify the particular lameness condition,
and make and fit shoes.
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.
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
Identify the site of lameness in a horse’s limb.
Performance criteria
1.1
Observation of the features of horse's action identifies the lame limb.
Range
1.2
features – nodding head, shortened gait, dropping of one side of
hindquarters.
Site of lameness is pinpointed by observation and touch.
Range
heat, pain, swelling, loss of function, redness.
Element 2
Identify the particular lameness condition, and make and fit shoes in consultation with
veterinarian.
Performance criteria
2.1
Foot and leg problems that can be corrected by trimming are identified, and
hoof is trimmed to correct the problem.
Range
2.2
problems – stone bruise, punctured sole, contracted heels, thrush,
cracked heels, mud fever, sandcracks, corns, false quarters,
weak/sheared heels, club foot, seedy toe, sidebone, curb, spavin,
windgalls.
Foot and leg problems are identified, veterinarian is consulted and corrective
shoe made and fitted helps to correct the problem.
Range
laminitis, ringbone, pedalostitus, broken pedal bone, navicular,
splints, bowed tendons.
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.
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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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