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PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
Purpose:
The General Education and Training Certificate: Equine and Equestrian is the first step in providing formal learning to people working with and around horses.
This Qualification will provide learners with access to various employment opportunities within the Equine and Equestrian industry. This Qualification will contribute to increasing levels of efficiency and effectiveness and will develop a common integrated and co-ordinated approach to this industry. A person acquiring this Qualification will be able to obtain the necessary applied competence to work in the Equine Handling sector. Depending on the area of specialisation, a person acquiring this Qualification will have an understanding of the general and basic Equine and Equestrian skills and techniques. They will be able to work in a stable yard and in the horse racing industry by being able to provide an essential service at the entry level.
The Qualification aims at developing a competent and professional work force to provide a service to clients in a safe, secure and confident manner. The skills, knowledge, values and understanding demonstrated in this Qualification are essential for the safe handling and safe keeping of a horse in a stable.
The core component of the Qualification offers the learner the knowledge and skills required that form the foundation of any career within the Equine and Equestrian Industry that the learner may wish to follow. The Qualification through its elective component enables the learner to specialise in areas that will enhance their chosen career path. It goes without saying that this Qualification will provide the broad knowledge, skills and values needed in the industry and will facilitate access to, and mobility and progression within, education and training.
Qualifying learners could be employed as:
Racing yard Grooms
Horse Handlers
Head Grooms
Hotel stable employees
Junior Farrier Assistants
Junior Racing Assistants
Racing gate Marshals
Equine Veterinary employees
Rationale:
The General Education and Training Certificate: Equine and Equestrian is designed to meet the needs of learners in the Equine and Equestrian industry. It is designed to provide learners with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes required in this highly specialised industry. This is the first qualification in the learning pathway in this sector which progresses through to qualifications at NQF level 5 and offers people involved in working with and around horses the opportunity to begin with a programme of life-long learning. The qualification will help them to become knowledgeable and skilled people with enhanced employment opportunities who are able to contribute to improved productivity and efficiency in the Equine and Equestrian Industry.
This Qualification aims to develop learners and promote professionalism and a strong, positive work ethic within the Equine and Equestrian industry, while at the same time bringing it into line with international standards. It provides learners with a knowledge and skills platform from which they can develop additional competencies required for a range of occupations and job-roles in the sector. It will also enable learners to receive a formal Qualification in equine and equestrian handling and stable yard skills where previously no formal recognition of expertise and competence existed.
This Qualification will ensure that the quality of education and training in the Equine and Equestrian industry is enhanced and is in line with the standards worldwide.
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