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Apply accessories to horse's feet and shoes to enhance performance
and assist limb deformities
Level
5
Credits
25
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: implement shoeing
practices to prevent a horse slipping; fit pads and wedges to the horse's feet;
forge shoes to alter gait; and carry out hoof reconstruction with acrylics
and/or glue on 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
Recommended: Unit 1606, Shoe a horse, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 1608.
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.
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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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Implement shoeing practices to prevent a horse slipping.
Range
road work, pacing, trotting, endurance.
Performance criteria
1.1
Methods to prevent slipping are identified in consultation with the rider and in
accordance with the activity of the horse.
Range
shoes – calkin and wedge, polo, concave;
toe pieces, studs, non-slip nails.
1.2
Shoes are made and fitted to horses are in accordance with industry standards.
1.3
Stud holes are punched and tapped using standard equipment to accommodate
screw-in studs.
1.4
Shoes are treated with borium, equal thickness over area treated, in
accordance with the activity of the horse.
Element 2
Fit pads and wedges to the horse’s feet.
Performance criteria
2.1
Description of pads and wedges outlines their effect on foot balance, gait, and
grip.
Range
2.2
Pads used to reduce concussion are fitted in accordance with industry
standards and the activity of the horse.
Range
2.3
increase length of shod foot, absorb concussion, assist grip.
rim, full, full plus liquid solution.
Pads fitted in circumstances where hoof balance requires altering achieve
natural stance of horse.
Range
plastic wedges, wedge pads.
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Element 3
Forge shoes to alter gait.
Performance criteria
3.1
Shoes to assist breakover are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range
3.2
Shoes to reduce resistance are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range
3.3
half circle, flat stock.
Shoes to alter flight path are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range
3.4
rolled toe, rocker toe, square toe.
toe weight, medium weight, side weight.
Shoes to alter stride timing are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range
weighted shoe, square toe, wing, double trailer.
Element 4
Carry out hoof reconstruction with acrylics and/or glue on shoes.
Performance criteria
4.1
Description of acrylics and glue used on horse shoes explains their function and
application.
4.2
Broken hoof wall is trimmed and prepared, and acrylic and/or glue is applied to
horse shoe in accordance with industry standards.
4.3
Extensions using acrylics or glue ons are applied to assist limb deformations in
accordance with industry standards.
4.4
Pads and/or acrylics to alleviate concussion, collapsed heels or laminitis are
applied in accordance with industry standards.
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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