Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine horse education needs
- Assess the education needs of individual horses relevant to the sport, discipline or intended activity
- Identify factors that may impact on horse ability to progress through a program
- Assess the requirements and capabilities of riders, drivers or handlers to achieve outcomes, considering safe horse handling techniques at all times
- Determine specific program objectives and goals, and develop a timeline to achieve these
- Select methodology and implement education program
- Review current information on potential methodologies and techniques relevant to the identified starting education needs of the horse
- Evaluate identified methodologies and techniques for efficacy, humaneness, cost and suitability to meet horse and client needs
- Select or design a program to meet identified goals, horse and workplace needs
- Determine resources, including specialist advice, required to implement the program
- Develop criteria for selecting an industry education specialist for use in the program, considering alignment with learning theory and horse welfare
- Develop and oversee the implementation of the program in consultation with industry specialists
- Evaluate program outcomes