Manage horse illness and injury in remote areas

Formats and tools

Unit Description
Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
Assessment Tool
an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
Assessment Template
generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
Assessment Matrix
a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
Wiki Markup
mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
Evidence Guide
create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
Competency Mapping Template
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
Observation Checklist
create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)

Self Assessment Survey
A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
Moodle Outcomes
Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
Registered Training Organisations
Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver SISOEQU011, 'Manage horse illness and injury in remote areas'.
Google Links
links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
Books
Reference books for 'Manage horse illness and injury in remote areas' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)


Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCECRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Assess the situation and horse condition.

1.1. Recognise symptoms of illness or injury, use safe practices to calm and restrain horse and assess severity of condition.

1.2. Identify hazards promptly, and manage to avoid injury to self, others and horses.

1.3. Access available first aid equipment and determine suitability to treat illness or injury.

1.4. Ascertain need for and availability of veterinary advice.

1.5. Determine ability of veterinarian to attend site or ability to return horse to base.

2. Treat illness or injury.

2.1. Make contact with base and veterinarian as required.

2.2. Relay accurate factual information about horse illness or injury.

2.3. Improvise use of available first aid and other resources according to needs of sick or injured horse.

2.4. Use infection control practices to prevent infection from horse.

2.5. Administer emergency treatments independently or according to veterinarian instructions.

2.6. Nurse horse to reduce impact of shock, distress and pain.

2.7. Isolate horse if contagious or zoonotic disease is suspected and alert base of need to report.

3. Monitor horse condition.

3.1. Monitor and record horse vital signs at regular intervals.

3.2. Monitor horse condition and response to treatment; record observations and treatments.

3.3. Report ongoing horse condition to base and seek ongoing input of veterinarian, as required.

3.4. Continue with treatments, adjusting as required to ensure health and safety of horse.

3.5. Assess need to evacuate or euthanise horse and alert base to implement procedures if required.

4. Debrief and complete reports.

4.1. Participate in incident management de-brief and identify future response improvements.

4.2. Complete required incident and treatment reports according to organisational procedures.