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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the performance criteria is detailed below. The range statement provides details of how this competency can be used in the workplaces of the racing industry to perform basic driving tasks. Workplaces include harness stables and racecourses, training tracks and public areas. |
Safety and welfare may include: | adhering to responsibilities under OHS legislation and workplace practices adhering to responsibilities under national and state codes of practice; federal, state and territory legislation; and local government regulations covering animal welfare adhering to rules of training arena and public venues being aware of relevant road safety rules considering variables that influence behaviour of horses, such as: fences and equipment other persons or animals vehicles wind and noise contributing to development of risk control measures following safe operating procedures identifying and reporting hazards or unsafe work practices identifying emergency situations, for example: gear breakage horse fall horse getting loose understanding horse behaviour traits as they relate to practising driving tasks, for example: senses social behaviour fight or flight response understanding risks associated with handling horses, including: bites horse injury personal injury trampling using approved gear for horses using approved driving aids wearing personal protective equipment, including approved Australian Standard helmet, clothing and footwear. |
Venue-specific requirements may include: | rules and regulations of training tracks relevant rules of racing. |
Potential hazards may include: | distracting events or behaviours caused by people with no horse sense distracting events or situations due to natural causes, such as wind driver or horse falls driver illness due to weather conditions or other reasons driver injury due to getting clothing or body parts caught in gear gear failure hazards of: driving alone driving horses with bad habits driving inexperienced horses driving too close to other horses horse's behaviour and possible reactions, such as: horse's ability to learn and remember routines and locations, such as: areas where previous incidents have occurred home stables track entry or exit points horse's natural instinct to: rear, bite or kick if it feels threatened, excited or in pain run if frightened want to stay with other horses horse's lack of reasoning ability to rely on driver signals alone to discriminate between safe and unsafe stimuli horse's response to loud or unusual noise or other stimuli, including machinery and other animals horse injury. |
Pre-exercise care may include: | checking disposition of horse grooming to instructions, for example: brushing mane and tidying tail checking legs for injury or swelling and removing mud or dirt ensuring head, girth and saddle regions are free from mud and sweat picking out hooves and checking shoes moving safely and calmly around the horse positioning horses in tie-up or in stable or yard for harnessing removing bandages or poultices selecting gear, checking for wear or damage and fitting as directed. |
Designated gear may include: | bits, for example: snaffle rubber boots, for example: scalping boot shin or tendon pastern boot and bell boot breastplate bridle crupper, for example: standard rubber dock harness saddle standard overcheck or head check tail tie. |
Basic driving skills will include: | driving horses singly or in company ensuring an assistant is available to untie horse from tie-up rail after driver gets into cart and to secure horse back to tie-up rail after work fitting gear for comfort and safety stopping and changing direction understanding and correctly using aids warming up horses as instructed. |
In accordance with supervisor's instructions may include: | getting into cart and taking control of horse before assistant releases horse from tie-up rail moving off, stopping or turning as directed warming up and cooling down horse staying at nominated distance from other horses staying at nominated speed staying in nominated gait maintaining control of horse when work is completed until assistant has secured horse and before dismounting. |
Effective driving position may include: | control of body posture keeping even pressure on reins unless otherwise directed placing feet in foot rests. |
Aids may include: | natural aids, including: hands voice artificial aids that require experience and moderation when used, including: bits block blinds burrs dolly vardons. |
Horse post-exercise care may include: | ensuring animal welfare principles are followed checking horse for injury and soreness grooming horses inspecting gear and equipment for wear and breakage warming down horses following stable procedures. |
Post-exercise grooming may include: | brushing cleaning hooves hosing rolling scraping sheath cleaning towelling. |
Signs of gear wear and breakage may include: | gear slippage frayed reins perished rubber or plastic rubbed hair or skin rusted buckles and bits worn bit joints worn padding worn stitching. |