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Manage yearlings up to and at horse sales
Level
5
Credits
8
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who supervise yearling preparation
operations and have the responsibility of setting work and education
programmes for young horses.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess commercial appeal
of yearling, and identify the appropriate sales venue in order to maximise
commercial return set the final preparation programme according to timing of
the nominated sales; and present the yearling at the sales to prospective
buyers.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Equine Husbandry
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
26 November 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
Stable procedures are the documented practices and polices required within a
particular workplace, and do not contravene the Code of Recommendations and
Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Horses. (Wellington: Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry, 1993); or available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animalwelfare/codes/horses/index.htm.
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For this unit standard the practical assessment evidence must be provided in the
context of a commercial business operation under normal working conditions
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Assess commercial appeal of yearling, and identify the appropriate sales venue in order to
maximise commercial return.
Performance criteria
1.1
Assessment of yearling determines commercial appeal.
Range
assessment may include but is not limited to – fashionability of
sire, performance of sire and dam, performance of offspring and
close relatives, pedigree.
1.2
Assessment of yearling’s conformation and action determines commercial
appeal.
1.3
The anticipated sales venue is set according to pedigree and conformation of
the yearling and application is made to the sales company by due date.
Element 2
Set the final preparation programme according to timing of the nominated sales.
Performance criteria
2.1
The education programme is set and implemented to present the yearling to its
best commercial advantage on the day of the anticipated sales.
Range
2.2
may include but is not limited to – handling, rugging, grooming,
stabling, floating, feeding, fitness and education.
The health programme is set and implemented to maintain the yearling in
optimum health.
Range
may include but is not limited to – vaccination, worming, teeth,
feet, feeding.
2.3
Rations are formulated and implemented to maximise potential for growth and
appearance in accordance with stable procedures.
2.4
General ill health in yearlings is identified, and action is taken in the best
interest of the yearling in accordance with stable procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – behaviour, eating patterns,
appearance, conformational deviations, skeletal issues and
abnormalities.
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Element 3
Present the yearling at the sales to prospective buyers.
Performance criteria
3.1
Transport to the sales venue ensures the yearling arrives free from injury.
Range
may include but is not limited to – familiarisation procedures,
bandaging, sedation, float, load plan, travel attendants, monitoring
procedures.
3.2
The pedigree and performance of relatives of the yearling are outlined to
interested public in accordance with stable procedures.
3.3
Yearling is paraded in the sales ring to highlight movement and conformation to
best advantage, to prospective buyers in the audience.
3.4
Personal behaviour and attire of attendant are appropriate for the occasion and
in accordance with stable procedures.
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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