Lantra Awards
Level 5
QN: 603/3932/9
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Lantra Awards Level 5 Diploma in Equine Podiatry
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Lantra Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 331 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
Lantra Awards
Syllabus Units
7 Units
Guided Hours
331 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Awareness of farriery
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current legislation pertaining to carrying out acts of farriery
- Understand a Farrier’s rationale behind deciding to shoe an equid
- Understand how to evaluate a shoe to determine whether or not it has been applied correctly
- Understand basic remedial farriery techniques
- Understand the use of different types of metal
- Understand the use of tools in farriery
- Know how to maintain good professional relations with a Farrier
2
Equine anatomy and physiology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the points of a horse
- Know the common colours and markings of a horse
- Understand how a foal’s hoof structure differs from that of an adult horse
- Understand the differences between donkeys, hybrids and horses
- Understand directional terminology
- Understand equine conformation and movement
- Understand tissues
- Understand the equine skeletal system
- Understand the structure and function of muscles
- Understand skin
- Understand the cardiovascular system
- Understand the function of the hepatic system
- Understand how waste products are handled by the equid’s body
- Understand the digestive system
- Understand the respiratory system
- Understand how the nervous system works
- Understand the endocrine system
- Understand healing mechanisms
- Understand basic equine first aid
- Understand the concept of the internal arch of the equine foot
3
Equine assessment, imaging and gait analysis
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand common medical conditions that can ca
- use lameness in an equid and the implications of each condition in Equine Podiatry
- Be able to assess those aspects of the overall health of an equid that have the potential to impact on the feet
- Be able to accurately assess an equid’s movement and identify any lameness present
- Understand the various forms of diagnostic imaging relevant to Equine Podiatry and be able to interpret imaging to a level appropriate for an Equine Podiatrist
- Be able to create appropriate practice records
- Understand the implications of data protection requirements on clinical practice
4
Equine nutrition and environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to implement appropriate measures to address horn infections, including providing advice to clients, with a clear understanding of the role that horn infections play in hoof pathology
- Understand how an equine foot adapts to different terrains and be able to use this model to improve decision-making in practice
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to clients in relation to management of levels of moisture in the hoof
- Be able to provide appropriate support and advice to clients on the use of removable hoof boots with or without pads, both in the rehabilitation of poor-quality feet and as an alternative to permanently attached horseshoes in working equids
- Understand the role of hoof casting techniques and their appropriate use
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to clients in relation to stabling and bedding to manage their impact on hoof health
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to clients on turnout and grazing arrangements to manage the impact of these on foot health
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to clients pertinent to the discipline(s) the equid is being used for based on the influences those discipline(s) may have on the equine foot
- Be able to recognise diverse other environmental factors that may affect the feet and provide appropriate advice to the client
- Understand the role of fibre and the hind-gut biome in the equine diet
- Understand the classification of nutrients and their interactions
- Understand the energy content of feedstuffs
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to a client on the use of fresh and preserved forages
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to a client on the use of common feedstuffs available in the UK
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to a client on the use of ‘balancers
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to a client on the use of common nutritional supplements that may be relevant to hoof care
- Be able to advise a client on energy intake management to manage an equid’s body condition score
- Be able to formulate a feeding plan that takes due account of the role of mineral balance in equine nutrition
- Be able to provide comprehensive advice on nutrition to a client
- Be able to provide appropriate advice to a client on the role of pasture management in equine health
5
Equine pathologies and laminitis
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to work with navicular disease cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to identify and deal with penetrating injuries to the foot
- Be able to work with thrush cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with sheared heels cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with canker cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with mud fever cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with bone fractures cases appropriately and effectively
- Understand bone cysts
- Be able to respond appropriately and effectively to potential cases of infectious osteitis (bone infection) in the foot
- Be able to respond appropriately and effectively to potential cases of luxation and subluxation
- Be able to respond appropriately and effectively to potential cases of hyper-keratinised horn
- Be able to respond appropriately and effectively to potential keratoma cases
- Be able to work with white line disease cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with seedy toe cases appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with horizontal wall cracks appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with vertical wall cracks appropriately and effectively
- Be able to work with poor horn quality appropriately and effectively
- Be able to respond appropriately to injuries caused by interference
- Be able to manage flare appropriately and effectively
- Be able to balance a foot using multiple approaches
6
Introduction to Equine Podiatry
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Equine Podiatrist’s legal responsibilities towards equine health and welfare
- Understand the range of factors that can influence the health of the equine foot
- Understand the contributions that key individuals and organisations have had in influencing barefoot hoofcare
- Understand the basic external and internal anatomy of the hoof
- Understand the differences between craft-based, belief-based and science-based knowledge systems and apply an evidence-based approach to developing new skills and knowledge in day-to-day clinical practice
- Understand the history of hoofcare and the rationales behind man’s decision to shoe horses
7
Practice and professionalism in Equine Podiatry
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to select and maintain appropriate tools
- Be able to safely use tools and personal protective equipment
- Understand the theory underpinning the balancing and alignment of hooves
- Be able to accurately trim a non-pathological hoof to achieve optimal balance and alignment
- Be able to remove horseshoes
- Be able to assess
- monitor and review a case
- Be able to conduct a consultation in an appropriate manner
- Be able work in a professional manner
- Be able to practice in an ethical manner
- Be able to handle a situation that is beyond the Learner’s experience or remit
- Be able to adhere to safe working practices when working with live equids
- Be able to safely and effectively lift legs to allow for trimming to take place
- Be able to place the equid into a suitable trimming hold
- Be able to carry out the steps of a hoof trim on a non-pathological live equid
- Be able to assess an equid’s gait before and after trimming
- Understand the physiology of a donkey, mule or hinny hoof and how it differs from a horse hoof
- Understand the implications of differences in the psychological makeup of donkeys, mules and hinnies
- Understand the differences and similarities between common ‘barefoot’ approaches to hoof trimming
- Understand the range and variability of day-to-day practice across the Equine Podiatry profession
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/3932/9
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Lantra Awards
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2021