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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for race meeting duties
   • Confirm work roster with supervisor
   • Provide assistance with preparation of barrier and starting equipment
   • Confirm allocated duties with starter
   • Select and correctly fit personal protective equipment according to safe operating procedures and club requirements
   • Ensure personal presentation is appropriate for work duties and reinforces a positive image of racing
2. Identify and fit racing gear
   • Identify approved racing gear according to rules of racing and local racing club requirements
   • Detect non-compliant, damaged or defective gear
   • Fit, adjust and replace racing gear in a timely manner
3. Load horses into barriers
   • Apply knowledge of horse behaviour to select and modify safe horse handling skills
   • Use safe and effective horse handling techniques for the duties of a barrier attendant
   • Load horses into barriers according to starter instruction
   • Use strategies that minimise the risk of injury to self, horses and others for loading difficult horses
   • Assist riders at barrier
   • Relay problems to starter and others
   • Release horses held as directed at race start
4. Assist in track emergencies
   • Identify potential track risks, problems or incidents
   • Corner and capture loose horses
   • Assist riders who have fallen
   • Restrain injured horses according to track practices
5. Debrief after race
   • Report outcomes of barrier loading and start to starter and/or stewards
   • Contribute ideas on ways to improve effectiveness of barrier team and self
   • Move barriers for next race
   • Clean and return barriers to storage area, and report damage or maintenance needs according to workplace procedures