Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare others for handling horses
- Determine competence of other workers with regard to handling individual horses
- Follow workplace health and safety practices for matching the skills and experience of handlers to task and horses
- Explain and demonstrate use of personal protective equipment and different gear to control and handle horses
- Provide opportunities for practice and skill development for inexperienced staff according to workplace training processes
- Direct, assist and oversee others to identify and safely catch, control and handle horses
- Assess hazards and potential risks to self, others and the horse in catching and handling horses, and take steps to minimise
- Delegate tasks according to current competence and animal and staff welfare
- Direct others regarding catching, controlling and general handling of horses according to stable procedures
- Provide assistance to others in identifying and handling horses