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Qualification details

Horse Care and Management

Qualification summary

This qualification at level 3 in Horse Care and Management has 6 mandatory units and 5 groups of optional units. The mandatory units cover: resolving health and condition problems, monitoring routine care, transporting horses, developing teams to enhance performance, planning, allocating and evaluating work and creating and maintaining working relationships. Candidates also choose one of the optional groups which cover preparing, riding horses, working horses, driving horses on the road, breeding and rearing young stock, designing exercise programmes. There are also 5 additional units which are not required for the NVQ but which can be separately certificated.

Qualification details

Q1014606
EQL - Equestrian Qualifications Limited
3
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
Accreditation start date:
28/08/1992
Operational start date in centres:
Accreditation end date:
28/02/2001
Certification end date:
29/02/2004
England
Not specified
Wales
Not specified
N.Ireland
Not specified
Candidates must take all the units in Group A - Mandatory Units. They must also choose to take ONE of the four optional Groups (B, C, D, E or F). Candidates may also opt to take one or more of the additional units from Group G, but these are not necessary for the NVQ.
  • A  -  Mandatory Group A
    • U1014507 - Monitoring Routine Care
    • U1014506 - Resolving Health and Condition Problems
    • U1014508 - Transporting Horses
    • U1013980 - Create, Maintain and Enhance Productive Working Relationships
    • U1013979 - Contribute to the Planning, Organisation and Evaluation of Work
    • U1013978 - Contribute to the Training and Development of Teams, Individuals and Self to Enhance Performance
  • B  -  Optional Group B
    • U1014509 - Preparing Horses for Work
    • U1014510 - Riding Horses to Maintain Training
  • C  -  Optional Group C
    • U1014511 - Working Horses on the Land
    • U1014516 - Driving Horses on the Road
  • D  -  Optional Group D
  • E  -  Optional Group E
    • U1052354 - Contribute to the Design and Implementation of a Work Programme for Horses
    • U1014509 - Preparing Horses for Work
  • F  -  Optional Group F
    • U1014509 - Preparing Horses for Work
    • U1014516 - Driving Horses on the Road
  • G  -  Additional Units
    Candidates may take any of the units in this group but they are not a requirement of the NVQ.
    • U1014552 - Provide Grazing and Water
    • U1052346 - Maintain the Health and Well-Being of Horses During Transportation
    • U1014557 - Improving Facilities
    • U1014546 - Provide Trekking Opportunities
    • U1014547 - Assisting Disabled Riders