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Evidence Guide: ACMFAR402 - Fit shoes to alleviate moderate abnormalities and defects in equines

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ACMFAR402 - Fit shoes to alleviate moderate abnormalities and defects in equines

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Identify shoeing needs of individual equines

  1. Handle equines to reduce stress and alarm, monitor behaviour to eliminate risks to equine or handlers according to workplace practices
  2. Identify, fit and use personal protective equipment according to health and safety in the workplace procedures
  3. Observe gait and conformation, including trotting the equine in different patterns to identify any signs of lameness
  4. Observe and identify moderate faults and defects that may be alleviated
  5. Adopt a working position that maintains comfort of the equine and ensures comfort and personal safety
  6. Use appropriate tools to remove shoes, ensuring no damage is caused to the hooves
  7. Clean hooves of foreign bodies in a safe handling manner to facilitate examination of the hoof
  8. Examine the shoe and assess implications of the wear pattern
  9. Report any conditions requiring higher-level treatment by a veterinarian or other specialist
  10. Amend the shoeing plan, taking into account conditions of the hooves not previously identifiable
Handle equines to reduce stress and alarm, monitor behaviour to eliminate risks to equine or handlers according to workplace practices

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Identify, fit and use personal protective equipment according to health and safety in the workplace procedures

Completed
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Observe gait and conformation, including trotting the equine in different patterns to identify any signs of lameness

Completed
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Observe and identify moderate faults and defects that may be alleviated

Completed
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Adopt a working position that maintains comfort of the equine and ensures comfort and personal safety

Completed
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Use appropriate tools to remove shoes, ensuring no damage is caused to the hooves

Completed
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Clean hooves of foreign bodies in a safe handling manner to facilitate examination of the hoof

Completed
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Examine the shoe and assess implications of the wear pattern

Completed
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Report any conditions requiring higher-level treatment by a veterinarian or other specialist

Completed
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Amend the shoeing plan, taking into account conditions of the hooves not previously identifiable

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Trim and prepare hooves

  1. Use farriery tools to trim and prepare hooves to achieve balance, level and shape, and to correct any identified hoof defects
  2. Conduct trimming operations without injury to equine hooves
  3. Check work while in progress and on completion to ensure quality outcomes of hoof preparation have been achieved
  4. Make and/or select and modify the correct type, material and size of shoes according to shoeing plan
  5. Select suitable tools to fit shoes according to equine needs
  6. Shape selected shoes to incorporate any ancillary features as determined by the shoeing plan
  7. Fit shoes to fore and hind hooves and assess the need for any final adjustments
  8. Make final adjustments to the shape and size of the shoe and any ancillary features to achieve correct fit
Use farriery tools to trim and prepare hooves to achieve balance, level and shape, and to correct any identified hoof defects

Completed
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Conduct trimming operations without injury to equine hooves

Completed
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Check work while in progress and on completion to ensure quality outcomes of hoof preparation have been achieved

Completed
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Make and/or select and modify the correct type, material and size of shoes according to shoeing plan

Completed
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Select suitable tools to fit shoes according to equine needs

Completed
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Shape selected shoes to incorporate any ancillary features as determined by the shoeing plan

Completed
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Fit shoes to fore and hind hooves and assess the need for any final adjustments

Completed
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Make final adjustments to the shape and size of the shoe and any ancillary features to achieve correct fit

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Attach shoes and finish shoeing process

  1. Select suitable tools and appropriate size nails for attaching and clenching shoes
  2. Attach the shoe safely, securely and in the correct position
  3. Finish the hoof using clenching process, and assess the finished job and welfare of the equine
  4. Assess finished work to ensure the equine is more comfortable and the condition of the hoof is likely to improve
  5. Inform the responsible person of farriery procedures completed, and advise on future hoof care requirements and the welfare of the equine
  6. Update records of service according to workplace practices
Select suitable tools and appropriate size nails for attaching and clenching shoes

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Attach the shoe safely, securely and in the correct position

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Finish the hoof using clenching process, and assess the finished job and welfare of the equine

Completed
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Assess finished work to ensure the equine is more comfortable and the condition of the hoof is likely to improve

Completed
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Inform the responsible person of farriery procedures completed, and advise on future hoof care requirements and the welfare of the equine

Completed
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Update records of service according to workplace practices

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge