City & Guilds
Level 3
QN: 501/1885/7
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Work-based Horse Care and Management
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1985 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
41 Units
Guided Hours
1985 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Assist with the exercise and care for performance horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to exercise and care for performance horses
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to exercise and care for performance horses
- Know how to maintain accurate records
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
2
Attend to the mare and foal during foaling
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to attend to the mare and foal during a normal foaling
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to attend to the mare and foal during foaling
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
3
Care for and prepare the mare for covering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to care for and assist with getting the mare in foal
- Be able to care for in-foal mares
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to get a mare in foal
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
4
Care for horses after competition
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to care for horses after competitions
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to care for horses after competitions
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
5
Care for mare and foal
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to care for the mare and foal
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to care for the mare and foal
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
6
Care for performance horses after strenuous exercise
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to care for performance horses after strenuous exercise
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to care for performance horses after strenuous exercise
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
7
Carry out pre and post horse trek activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to carry out post horse trek activities
- Be able to clean and store relevant equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to carry out post horse trek activities
- Understand the reasons for cleaning maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
8
Carry out pre and post play routines for polo ponies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to manage the care of polo ponies before, during and after play.
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Know the importance of pre and post play routines
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know and understand schooling of polo ponies
9
Clip Horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to clip horses
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to clip horses
- Understand the safe use of equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
10
Collect and analyse information and prepare for equine coaching sessions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to collect and analyse information for coaching sessions
- Be able to prepare for coaching sessions
- Understand how to collect and analyse information for coaching sessions
- Understand how to prepare for coaching sessions
11
Contribute to the design and implementation of a work programme for horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to the design and implementation of a work programme for horses
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to contribute to the design and implementation of a work programme for horses
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
12
Contribute to training from the ground
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to training from the ground and backing
- Be able to introduce horse and rider
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Understand how to contribute to training from the ground and backing
- Understand how to introduce horse and rider
- Understand relevant legislation and codes of practice
13
Deliver basic health care treatment to horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to deliver basic health care treatment to horses
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to deliver basic health care treatments to horses
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
14
Develop and implement a horse rehabilitation plan
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to develop and implement a horse rehabilitation plan
- Be able to work safely
- Understand how to develop and implement a horse rehabilitation plan.
15
Escort horses to competition
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able care for horses at competitions
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to care for horses at competitions
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
16
Establish and maintain the care of stallions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish and maintain the care of stallions
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to establish and maintain the care of stallions
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
17
Exercise and improve the performance of horses using lunging or long reigning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to lunge or long rein horses for exercise and improvement in performance
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to lunge or long rein horses for exercise and improve performance
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
18
Handle and present stallions under supervision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to handle and present stallions under supervision
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to handle and present stallions correctly
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
19
Introduce stick and ball to polo ponies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to introduce stick and ball to polo ponies
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to introduce stick and ball to polo ponies
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
20
Introduce young horses to equipment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to introduce young horses to equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to introduce young horses to equipment
21
Jump schooled horses to maintain training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to jump schooled horses to maintain training
- Be able to select
- maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to jump safely and promote health and safety
- Understand how to maintain the jump training of schooled horses
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
22
Lead a horse trek
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to lead horse treks of varying lengths
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to lead a horse trek
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
23
Maintain stud documentation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain stud documentation.
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to maintain stud documentation.
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
24
Maintain the health and welfare of animals during transportation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to monitor and maintain animals during transportation
- Be able to carry out post transportation activities
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know how to monitor and maintain animals during transportation
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to carry out post transportation activities
25
Manage horses when turned out
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to manage horses when turned out
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to manage horses when turned out
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
26
Manage Your Own Resources
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Manage their own resources
- Use appropriate behaviours to manage their own resource
- Know and understand how to manage their own resources using general knowledge
- Know and understand how to manage their own resources using industry and sector specific knowledge
- Know and understand how to manage their own resources using context specific knowledge
27
Monitor and maintain stocks of feed and bedding
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to monitor and maintain stocks of feed and bedding
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to monitor and maintain stocks of feed and bedding
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
28
Plan diets and implement feeding regimes for horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan diets and implement feeding regimes
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to plan diets and implement feeding regimes
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
29
Plan, monitor and evaluate the transportation of animals
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan the transportation of animals
- Be able to monitor and evaluate the transportation of animals
- Understand how to plan the transportation of animals
- Understand how to monitor and evaluate the transportation of animals
30
Prepare and maintain grazing land for horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare and maintain grazing land for horses.
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to prepare and maintain grazing land for horses.
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
31
Prepare for, conduct and evaluate equine coaching sessions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare facilities and participants for coaching sessions
- Understand how to prepare facilities and participants for coaching sessions
- Be able to conduct coaching sessions
- Understand how to conduct coaching sessions
- Be able to evaluate coaching sessions
- Understand how to evaluate coaching sessions
32
Prepare horses for public appearance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare horses for public appearance
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to prepare horses for public appearance
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
33
Prepare to lead a horse trek
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare to lead a trek
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to prepare to lead a trek
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
34
Promote the health and well-being of horses
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to promote the health and well-being of horses
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to promote the health and well-being of horses
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
35
Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security of the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to monitor and maintain the health, safety and security of the work area
- Understand how to promote good standards of health and safety
- Understand how to deal with health emergency situations
- Understand the records required and their importance
- Monitor and maintain the health, safety and security of the work area, Promote good standards of health and safety
- Respond to health emergencies within the work area
36
Receive a horse and carry out an initial assessment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to receive a horse and carry out an initial assessment
- Be able to work safely
- Understand how receive horses and carry out an initial assessment
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
37
Repair and maintain structures or surfaces
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare for the repair and maintenance
- Be able to repair and maintain structures or surfaces
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand the principles of maintaining structures and surfaces
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
38
Ride and lead horses for exercise
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to ride and lead a selection of horses
- Be able to select
- maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to ride and lead safely and promote health and safety
- Understand how to ride and lead horses for exercise
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
39
Ride horses for exercise
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to ride horses for exercise for a specified discipline at varying levels of fitness.
- Be able to select
- maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to ride safely and promote health and safety
- Understand how to ride horses for exercise
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
40
Ride schooled horses to maintain training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to ride schooled horses to maintain training
- Be able to select
- maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to ride safely and promote health and safety
- Understand how to maintain the training of schooled horses
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
41
Tack up horses for specialist work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to tack up a horse for specialist work
- Be able to promote health and safety
- Understand how to tack up horses for specialist work
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 501/1885/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2011
- Operational End
- Dec 2026