ACMEQU214 — Prepare to work safely around horses

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What an assessment for ACMEQU214 must cover

38 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 12 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify basic horse behaviour

1.1Identify basic horse characteristics and identification features
1.2Identify the natural instincts, sensory perceptions and social behaviour of horses
1.3Recognise how horse senses can influence their behaviour and reactions
1.4Identify environmental conditions and other stimuli that can unsettle horses
1.5Identify ways horses can respond to different people and in different situations
1.6Identify body language, vocalisation, posture and facial features, indicating a horse is unsettled, agitated, in pain or relaxed in its surroundings

2 Identify areas of personal risk around horses

2.1Identify situations, work activities and behaviours that lead to common incidents, accidents and injuries when working around horses
2.2Recognise human body language and behaviour that should be avoided around horses
2.3Identify positive actions and behaviours that minimise risks when around horses

3 Undertake site induction

3.1Report to site supervisor, and complete required site registration and safety requirements to access site for own work
3.2Confirm and explain workplace roles, responsibilities and procedures for responding to worker and horse health and safety incidents, accidents and emergencies
3.3Confirm work tasks, location, timeframes, support workers and resources required with site supervisor
3.4Identify hazards associated with own tasks, assess risks and confirm risk controls for proposed tasks with site supervisor

4 Minimise risks when working around horses

4.1Select and fit personal protective equipment, identification and other equipment as required
4.2Interpret and respond appropriately to horse body language during work tasks
4.3Maintain situational awareness of horses while undertaking tasks, and respond to and report new hazards that arise to site supervisor
4.4Complete tasks, report outcomes to site supervisor and undertake exit procedures according to workplace requirements

Performance evidence

identified horse identification features, including gender, colour and brand
explained the typical behaviour of the following types of horse toward other horses and handlers: • educated, calm and obedient horses • uneducated horses • excited and less responsive to commands • stallions and colts
observed and interpreted horse behaviour and body language of at least three different horses displaying different behavioural states and body language in different environments on separate occasions
identified at least three different hazards arising from their own work activities undertaken around horses that may create health and safety risks to themselves, others and horses
assessed and explained how to minimise the risk created by at least three different hazards arising from their own work when undertaken around horses
completed a visitor or worker safety induction for at least one equine workplace
reported any concerns regarding horse behaviour and outcomes for own work to site supervisor in a timely manner

Knowledge evidence

common features of a horse, including colour, gender, basic points of horse and brands
features of horse natural instincts and behaviour, including: • normal flight and fight responses, including protective behaviour • normal and abnormal behaviours • herd, social organisation, need for space and companions • attachment and separation anxiety • alertness, fear and arousal
features of horse senses, including vision, touch, smell, hearing and taste
observation and interpretation of horse vocalisation and body language, including posture and body position, facial features, ears, legs and tail to identify: • flight response • fight response • threatened or defensive behaviour • stress, agitation or unsettled behaviour • pain • relaxed behaviour
human body language, voice and behaviour that should be avoided around horses
positive actions and behaviours that minimise risks when around horses
situations, work activities and behaviours that lead to common incidents, accidents and injuries when working around horses, including: • loose uncontrolled horses • start-up and operation of loud equipment, machinery and vehicles • sudden or unexpected movements and sounds, including those create by people • uncontrolled dogs • approaching from a horse’s blind spot • introduction of other horses • gates and restraints not used correctly that result in loose horses • weather conditions and sudden changes in weather
key features and benefits of situational awareness when working around horses
common hazards and risks associated with visitors when working around horses, including zoonotic diseases and basic biosecurity
basic principles of hazard identification and risk assessment in an equine workplace
typical strategies to minimise and control common risks associated with working around horses
key features of safety inductions for an equine worksite, including roles and responsibilities for reporting hazards and risks.

Foundation skills

Reading: Interpret equine workplace safety induction documentation
Oral communication: Use equine industry terminology to describe horse behaviour and body language Use open and closed questions to seek and confirm information

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What does an assessment tool for ACMEQU214 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ACMEQU214 needs to address all 38 unit components: 4 elements with 17 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 12 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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