Determine nutritional requirements for sport or recreational horses

Formats and tools

Unit Description
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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 SISOEQU014, 'Determine nutritional requirements for sport or recreational horses'.
Google Links
links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
Books
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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 nutritional requirements of sport or recreational horses.

1.1. Identify and assess nutritional requirements for individual horse needs in consultation with relevant personnel.

1.2. Select feed for quality, nutritional and economic value to meet nutritional requirements of specific horses.

2.Assess food supplements for horses.

2.1. Determine need to provide supplements to individual horses.

2.2. Identify, as required, supplements that contravene rules for horse purpose.

2.3. Assess suitability of supplements for individual horses and their workloads.

3.Establish and monitor individual feeding regimes.

3.1. Create rations and determine feeding regimes to meet individual horse needs, for the range of horses in care.

3.2. Use safe practices when feeding horses individually and in groups to avoid injury to self, others and horses.

3.3. Prepare feed and supplements, feed horses at appropriate times and monitor individual feeding regimes.

3.4. Monitor food rations and confirm they meet nutritional requirements of individual horses.

3.5. Monitor and evaluate the effects of supplements on the work performance of horses.

3.6. Provide paddocked horses with suitable pasture and supplementary feed according to their needs.

3.7. Document, for individual horses, eating behaviour, food intake and work level.

3.8. Adjust feeding regime in response to changing horse behaviour and needs.