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Horse Care

in ACS Distance Education (England)

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The course aims to develop: Learn to manage the daily requirements of a horse at grass. The ability to handle horses using a range of different procedures Skills to evaluate a horses conformation An understanding of diet Knowledge of grooming procedures An ability to develop appropriate management procedures Knowledge of commercial opportunities, including trading horses.

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Type Course Duration 100 Hours
Method / place Contact course provider Distance
Course objectives The course aims to develop: Learn to manage the daily requirements of a horse at grass. The ability to handle horses using a range of different procedures Skills to evaluate a horses conformation An understanding of diet Knowledge of grooming procedures An ability to develop appropriate management procedures Knowledge of commercial opportunities, including trading horses.
Price £253 + VAT
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Course programme

Horse Care
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are seven lessons as follows:
  1. Horse Psychology & Handling
  2. Buying A Horse
  3. Conformation
  4. The Digestive System & Principles Of Feeding & Watering
  5. The Grass Kept Horse & Pasture Management
  6. Grooming
  7. Industry Applications
SUMMARY OF COMPETENCIES DEVELOPED

  • Differentiate between the different procedures used for the handling of horses.
  • Describe the procedures for the buying and selling of horses.
  • Develop a program for the evaluation of the conformation of horses on a property/facility.
  • Analyse the digestive system, including structure and function, of horses.
  • Develop appropriate procedures to manage a horse at grass.
  • Explain the methods used to prepare horses for specific uses, including their grooming for different tasks.
  • Explain commercial opportunities available in the horse industry.
WHAT THE COURSE COVERS
Here are just some of the things you will be doing:

  • Describe different psychological traits of a horse including: *herd instinct *memory *fright.
  • Explain how an understanding of horse psychology can assist with handling a horse.
  • Compare three different methods of breaking in a horse.
  • Demonstrate how to put on different pieces of tack including: *a head stall *a bridle *a saddle.
  • Demonstrate how to lead a horse.
  • Demonstrate how to ride a horse.
  • Develop a list of safety rules for handling horses in a specified situation.
  • Compare the differences in the way two different horse owners handle their horses, at the same horse show or competition.
  • Describe the different ways of trading (ie. buying or selling) horses in your locality.
  • Develop a checklist of factors to consider when buying a horse for a specified type of use.
  • Compare five different advertisements for the sale of horses of a similar type, to determine which of the five appears to be the best value, and listing the reasons why it appears good value.
  • Evaluate the features of a horse being offered for sale in your locality, to determine the value of that horse.
  • Label an unlabelled diagram of the parts of a horses body.
  • Define the different conformation terminology, including: *girth *body proportions *leg settings *conformation *bone.
  • Describe the preferred features of the parts of a horses body referred to in earlier points.
  • Compare the conformation of two different breeds of horses, based upon a physical inspection of a horse from each breed.
  • Compare procedures used to evaluate the conformation of horses at two different properties/facilities.
  • Label the parts on an unlabelled diagram of the digestive system of horses.
  • Explain the function of different components in a horses diet.
  • Explain how the watering of a horse, as observed by you, on a specific property is likely to affect that horses digestive processes.
  • Evaluate the digestive processes involved in the digestion of three different horse feeds analysed by you.
  • Differentiate between the digestive processes in three different types of horses, including:
    *very active horses *horses being rested.
  • Compare the advantages with the disadvantages of keeping a horse at grass.
  • Recommend paddock facilities, in your locality, which are appropriate for horses kept at grass.
  • Prepare a description, and use illustrations where appropriate, of the facilities you recommended.
  • Differentiate between the requirements of a specified horse kept at grass, at different times of the year, in your locality.
  • Develop guidelines for managing a specific horse at grass, on a property visited and investigated by you.
  • Explain three different husbandry tasks which are essential to the management of the horse investigated by you.
  • List the different reasons for grooming horses.
  • Describe how to use different items of grooming equipment.
  • Write a procedure for washing a horse, in a specified situation.
  • Compare how to groom horses for different situations, including: *dressage *pony club competition *exhibitions *stock work.
  • List the different applications for horses in modern society.
  • List the resources available for different sectors of the horse industry in your locality, including:
    *racing *breeding *competitions *recreational riding.
  • Determine the minimum facilities required to establish three different specified businesses in the horse industry, including; *a riding school *a stock agent *another horse business.
  • Evaluate the financial viability of four different sectors of the horse industry.
  • Evaluate the potential of two different specified horse enterprises in your locality.
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Provider description
ACS Distance Education is a world-wide distance learning college offering a wide range of high quality distance learning courses in subjects such as psychology, horticulture, creative writing, journalism, agriculture, organics, hydroponics, nutrition and much more..
Advantages of studying with ACS Distance Education
ACS Distance Education is a reputable provider offering distance learning courses worldwide. *High quality courses *Continually updated and improved *Many courses available as postal, CD-Rom or online. *Tutor support via phone, email, fax or post. *Recognised qualifications *Highly experienced tutors. *Efficient administrative support *Student room *Online library *Book shop    
Course provider history
ACS Distance Education originated in Australia in 1979, since then it has grown and developed and now has sites in the UK and America, offering courses world wide.
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Psychology, horticulture, agriculture, creative writing, journalism, crops, education, science, statistics, health, healthy buildings, nutrition, children's nutrition.

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