Apply accessories to horse's feet and shoes to enhance performance and assist limb deformities



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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/animal-welfare/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.
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 increase length of shod foot, absorb concussion, assist grip.
2.2 Pads used to reduce concussion are fitted in accordance with industry standards and the activity of the horse.
Range rim, full, full plus liquid solution.
2.3 Pads fitted in circumstances where hoof balance requires altering achieve natural stance of horse.
Range plastic wedges, wedge pads.
Element 3
Forge shoes to alter gait.
Performance criteria
3.1 Shoes to assist breakover are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range rolled toe, rocker toe, square toe.
3.2 Shoes to reduce resistance are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range half circle, flat stock.
3.3 Shoes to alter flight path are forged in accordance with industry standards.
Range toe weight, medium weight, side weight.
3.4 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.
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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