1st4sport
Level 2
QN: 603/5488/4
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1st4sport Level 2 Equine Groom Diploma
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by 1st4sport. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 590 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
1st4sport
Syllabus Units
15 Units
Guided Hours
590 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Equine Groom (Breeding)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of a breeding equine groom
- Be able to carry out the role of a breeding equine groom
2
Equine Groom (Non-Riding)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The importance of stock rotation and maintenance and storage of supplies and equipment.
- What is involved in maintaining an establishment and how this can be organised.
- An awareness of customer needs and how this can influence customer care.
- Appropriate office duties including answering the telephone, processing information and basic IT system and skills used in the workplace.
- The benefits and practice of lunging and the equipment involved
- Assist with storage of supplies and stock rotation.
- Contribute to the organisation and maintenance of establishment.
- Engage with customers and identify their needs.
- Assist with appropriate office duties including answering the telephone, processing information and use workplace IT systems.
- Contribute to yard based records including passports, vaccinations, worming, farriery, dentistry etc.
- Assist and support Riding Grooms and provide non-ridden exercise regimes.
- Prepare for and lunge a horse for exercise in an enclosed area according to instruction
3
Equine Groom (Riding)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The fundamental importance of adopting a correct riding position.
- Different riding styles appropriate to different disciplines and situations. School rules and regulations.
- Riding terminology including paces/ aids/ school figures.
- How to ride in the open with consideration for weather, hazards and varied terrain.
- The use of pole work to include distances of trot poles and basic principles of jumping
- The Highway and Country Code and safe protocol for riding on the road and public places.
- The importance of riding according to instruction.
- An awareness of customer needs and how this can influence customer care.
- Adopt an appropriate basic riding position.
- Ride an experienced/schooled horse according to instruction, independently and as part of a group in an enclosed area.
- Ride in a balanced, secure position showing control in walk, trot and canter, working with and without stirrups whilst demonstrating movements i.e. circles, turns, etc.
- Ride in the open, in a forward seat according to instruction with control, security and balance.
- Ride with a balanced, secure, forward seat over ground poles at trot to enable progression to ride, where practical, over a short course of fences with control, security and balance.
- Ride on the road or in public places according to laid down procedures, Highway and Country Codes.
- Open & close a gate whilst mounted.
- Negotiate everyday obstacles/hazards with control, security and balance.
- Ride a quiet horse whilst leading another quiet horse or pony
4
Equine Groom Core Behaviours
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Responsibilities
- Communication
5
Horse Anatomy, Physiology and Welfare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Equine terminology used to describe horses.
- Basic anatomy and physiology, including the digestive and skeletal systems.
- The core principles of horse welfare (including health) and care of the sick horse.
- The basics of current legal welfare requirements.
- The importance of routine health care and record keeping including veterinary reports, passports, vaccinations, worming, farriery and dentistry, etc.
- identify and describe horses including sex, height, type, colours and markings.
- Identify basic anatomy, to include points of the horse.
- Recognise signs of good and poor welfare (including ill health) and check for injuries.
- Report relevant information and assist with medical treatment and other industry specialists, including Senior Groom, Dentist, Farrier, Veterinary surgeon.
- Ensure the horses’ welfare before and after exercise or travel
6
Horse Handling, Care and Appearance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The horses’ natural instincts, mental abilities and the principles of how horses behave and learn; the different methods of safe handling in various situations.
- The core principles of horse care including feeding, watering, grooming and foot care.
- The basics of trimming, clipping and plaiting.
- Handle a variety of horses in the workplace to include tying up, leading, trotting up, turning out and catching in.
- Recognise different types of feed and hay and check their quality.
- Groom a horse including checking feet and shoes.
- Demonstrate trimming and plaiting
7
Non-Ridden Exercise
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- A variety of non-ridden exercise procedures used in the different workplaces
- Prepare for and provide a variety of appropriate non-ridden exercise including an introduction to lunging
8
Principles of transporting horses by road on short journeys
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- know the legal requirements and responsibilities covering horse health and welfare during transportation
- know how to plan a short journey transporting horses by road
- understand how to prepare horses for travel by road on short journeys
- understand safe, efficient and effective vehicle loading, operation, control and unloading
- understand the welfare requirements for horses before, during and after transportation
- know about contingency plans
9
Racing Equine Groom (Non-Riding)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The Thoroughbred racehorse as a high performance equine athlete and the specific exercise regimes used in the racing industry to prepare and train horses to race.
- The specific routines for working in a racing yard and taking horses racing including how to care for horses prior to and after strenuous work and racecourse performance.
- The regulatory requirements for adhering to industry policy and practice, including security procedures in the yard, at the races and at public sales venues.
- Technical racing terms and vocabulary, the racing industry structure and key organisations.
- The industry protocol for taking a horse racing and how to lead up a Thoroughbred racehorse at the races
- Provide ridden exercise regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses according to instructions, safely and in control, with a good, secure and balanced position, in line with yard and industry practice.
- Support the work of the Racing Yard Based Grooms.
- Handle Thoroughbred racehorses in and out of full training.
- Fit a variety of specialist racing equipment and tack.
- Carry out the specific routines required in a racing yard and in taking horses racing, complying with industry regulatory requirements, policy and practice.
- Provide exercise regimes to racehorses as directed and effectively care for horses prior to and after strenuous work and racecourse performance.
- Prepare and lead up a Thoroughbred racehorse at the races in accordance with industry practice and the Rules of Racing.
- Provide after race care including compliance with industry regulations and post-race dope testing procedures
- Provide non-ridden exercise regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses safely and according to instruction.
- Support the work of the Racing Exercise Grooms.
- Contribute to yard based industry record keeping
- Operate equipment, machinery and technology appropriately to assist with the effective organisation and maintenance of the commercial racing business premisesAnd in addition
- Operate equipment, machinery and technology appropriately to assist with the effective organisation and maintenance of the commercial racing business premises
10
Racing Equine Groom (Riding)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The Thoroughbred racehorse as a high performance equine athlete and the specific exercise regimes used in the racing industry to prepare and train horses to race.
- The specific routines for working in a racing yard and taking horses racing including how to care for horses prior to and after strenuous work and racecourse performance.
- The regulatory requirements for adhering to industry policy and practice, including security procedures in the yard, at the races and at public sales venues.
- Technical racing terms and vocabulary, the racing industry structure and key organisations.
- The industry protocol for taking a horse racing and how to lead up a Thoroughbred racehorse at the races
- Handle Thoroughbred racehorses in and out of full training.
- Fit a variety of specialist racing equipment and tack.
- Carry out the specific routines required in a racing yard and in taking horses racing, complying with industry regulatory requirements, policy and practice.
- Provide exercise regimes to racehorses as directed and effectively care for horses prior to and after strenuous work and racecourse performance.
- Prepare and lead up a Thoroughbred racehorse at the races in accordance with industry practice and the Rules of Racing.
- Provide after race care including compliance with industry regulations and post-race dope testing proceduresAnd in addition
- Provide ridden exercise regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses according to instructions, safely and in control, with a good, secure and balanced position, in line with yard and industry practice.
- Support the work of the Racing Yard Based Grooms.
- Maintain industry weight requirements and be sufficiently fit to ride for up to six hours a day
11
Saddlery and Equipment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Common workplace saddlery, equipment and clothing used and how to maintain it.
- A basic awareness of discipline- specific saddlery and equipment.
- Fit a variety of common saddlery, equipment and horse clothing.
- Remove, clean and store common saddlery and equipment.
- Check the safe and effective working condition of all saddlery, equipment and clothing
12
Safe Working Practices
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Current health, safety and security requirements, policies and procedures including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Rules and Codes of Practice and ethics relevant to the workplace
- Work safely and efficiently at all times and comply with current health, safety and security policies and procedures (including PPE).
13
Travelling Horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Current workplace principles and legal requirements relating to commercial transport of horses
- Prepare horse(s) for travel using appropriate clothing and equipment.
- Assist with loading and unloading before and after travel
14
Yard and Field Routines and Duties
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Routine yard and field duties and horse husbandry.
- The principles of stabling and grassland care.
- Policies and procedures for new horse(s) arriving on the yard.
- How to minimise waste and environmental and sustainable working practices.
- Carry out all yard and field duties to include mucking out, skipping out, tidying and cleaning the yard, watering and feeding.
- Assess suitability of stabling and grassland environments for horses including checking for hazards etc.
- Assist with the arrival of a new horse to the yard, following current yard procedures and measures to prevent and control the spread of disease.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/5488/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- 1st4sport
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Feb 2020