SISOEQU014 — Determine nutritional requirements for sport or recreational horses
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What an assessment for SISOEQU014 must cover
37 assessable components: 3 elements (13 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 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 Assess nutritional requirements of sport or recreational horses.
- 1.1Identify and assess nutritional requirements for individual horse needs in consultation with relevant personnel.
- 1.2Select feed for quality, nutritional and economic value to meet nutritional requirements of specific horses.
2 Assess food supplements for horses.
- 2.1Determine need to provide supplements to individual horses.
- 2.2Identify, as required, supplements that contravene rules for horse purpose.
- 2.3Assess suitability of supplements for individual horses and their workloads.
3 Establish and monitor individual feeding regimes.
- 3.1Create rations and determine feeding regimes to meet individual horse needs, for the range of horses in care.
- 3.2Use safe practices when feeding horses individually and in groups to avoid injury to self, others and horses.
- 3.3Prepare feed and supplements, feed horses at appropriate times and monitor individual feeding regimes.
- 3.4Monitor food rations and confirm they meet nutritional requirements of individual horses.
- 3.5Monitor and evaluate the effects of supplements on the work performance of horses.
- 3.6Provide paddocked horses with suitable pasture and supplementary feed according to their needs.
- 3.7Document, for individual horses, eating behaviour, food intake and work level.
- 3.8Adjust feeding regime in response to changing horse behaviour and needs.
Performance evidence
- assess the nutritional requirements of three different sport or recreational horses
- create a ration for each of the three horses
- determine a monthly feeding regime to include feed and supplements
- cost the monthly provision of feed and supplements for each of the three horses
- feed the three horses according to the predetermined ration and regime on three occasions
- consistently use safe work practices when feeding horses
- complete documentation for each of the three horses to include: • food intake • eating behaviour • work level • any recommended changes to feeding regime.
Knowledge evidence
- common behaviour of horses when fed individually and in groups
- safe horse handling techniques specific to feeding horses in these situations: • stables • yards • paddocks • groups of horses
- basic function of horse digestive system
- types of feed suitable for horses
- types of supplements suitable for horses and their value to horse performance
- types of supplements that contravene rules for horses used in competitive sports
- sources and importance of the following to horse nutrition: • protein • fat • trace elements • fibre • minerals
- factors that determine the nutritional and energy requirements of horses: • age • gender • pregnancy and lactation • weight • condition • work purpose • workload • stage of training • spelling • environmental conditions of work and housing
- natural grazing and browsing behaviours of horses
- poisonous plants and their effects on grazing horses
- nutritional value of pasture
- common horse eating disorders, feeding behavioural problems and methods to correct
- indicators of need to adjust feeding regime which can include: • colic • diarrhoea • changes in horse eating behaviour • behavioural changes during work
- feed safety requirements: • environmental conditions for storage of feed and supplements to avoid contamination • cleaning requirements for food storage, preparation, feeding and watering equipment.
Foundation skills
- Reading: interpret material describing complex nutritional ingredients of feed and supplements.
- Writing: use fundamental sentence structure to complete horse feeding, behavioural and nutritional records that require factual information.
- Numeracy: complete complex calculations to compare costs for different feed, supplements and quantities; calculate and document individual quantities, measure and weigh feed and supplements for multiple horses.
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Questions about assessing SISOEQU014
What does an assessment tool for SISOEQU014 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SISOEQU014 needs to address all 37 unit components: 3 elements with 13 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 14 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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- SISOEQU005 — Guide horse trail rides in tracked areas
- SISOEQU006 — Guide horse trail rides in untracked areas
- SISOEQU007 — Instruct horse handling skills
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- SISOEQU011 — Manage horse illness and injury in remote areas
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