PROGRAMMES & GATEWAY
NZ Equine Education Trust (NZEET) is the racing and breeding industries niche Private Training Establishment.
PROGRAMMES & GATEWAY OVERVIEW
NZEET Programmes Available
Programmes Available (refer ‘List all programmes in file’)
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Gateway Programme
- If you are a student who are interested in horses and would like to use equine unit standards towards your NCEA achievements we can assist in providing the necessary contacts, resources, workbooks, assessments and support to ensure they achieve the required outcomes.
- The New Zealand Equine Education Trust (NZEET) offers training through Gateway and STAR Programmes
- We offer a range of equine unit standards that can be awarded for NCEA from grooming a horse through to identifying poisonous plants.
- We provide equine unit standards to anybody who has a passion or interest in horses, not just harness racing.
- We put together a Memorandum of Understanding between NZEET/NZTR, the school and the student. We can assist the student and co-ordinator in selection of unit standards in relation to level of learning.
- We have the ability to source work experience placements for students if required.
- Students are given excellent resources/workbooks with embedded literacy and numeracy.
- Excellent support is available for students via email, Facebook, phone or they can attend fortnightly classes at established locations.
- We put together a progress report for the schools Gateway Co-ordinator so they can follow and record the student’s achievements.
- Once we are happy the student is competent in all elements of the unit standard, we will notify the school which can then register the credits under our provider code
For more information on industry training courses available
Level 2 Unit Standards
US | General Equine Units | Credits | Version |
1658* | Demonstrate knowledge of the nature and requirements of a career in the equine industry | 3 | 5 |
1618 | Ride a horse for exercise | 2 | 6 |
1623 | Prepare a horse for show | 3 | 7 |
1636 | Receive and despatch horses | 2 | 6 |
1648 | Clean stables | 4 | 6 |
1656 | Groom a horse | 3 | 6 |
1660 | Identify, catch, and prepare a horse for exercise | 5 | 5 |
6579 | Clean and maintain saddlery for horses | 2 | 5 |
14594 | Identify signs of good health and ill health in horses | 4 | 3 |
19945 | Lunge a horse for exercise | 5 | 3 |
19949 | Identify basic components and functions, and common problems of horses' body systems | 4 | 3 |
19459* | Demonstrate knowledge of, and erect temporary electric fences in an equine environment | 3 | 3 |
23645* | Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of horses | 4 | 2 |
23973 | Perform safe working practices with an outside contractor in an equine industry | 3 | 2 |
29165 | Apply skills for employment in an equine industry workplace | 5 | 2 |
29166 | Provide routine care for horses in stables and/or yards underclose supervision | 22 | 2 |
29167 | Prepare horses for travel, and load and unload under close supervision | 4 | 2 |
29168 | Care for a group of horses in a paddock, and maintain paddocks under close supervision | 10 | 2 |
29170 | Prepare harness horses for exercise and provide after care | 10 | 3 |
29171 | Carry out routine, minor, or temporary maintenance of equine facilities under close supervision | 5 | 2 |
*Theory only unit |
Level 3 Unit Standards
US | General Equine Units | Credits | Version |
1650 | Prepare a horse for travel by road, and load and unload | 3 | 8 |
1651 | Recognise signs of good health, ill health, common ailments, and lameness in horses | 10 | 6 |
6580 | Recognise and describe how to deal with an emergency situation involving horses a horse for show | 4 | 8 |
6611 | Receive and Demonstrate knowledge of the procedure for bringing a horse into work after a spell and letting down horses | 3 | 6 |
6612 | Identify plants, grasses, and trees which are potentially poisonous to horses, and describe methods of removal | 3 | 6 |
6613* | Groom Demonstrate knowledge of the structure of horse’s foot, the shoeing process and remedial shoeinghorse | 5 | 7 |
6617 | Assess stable design and construction | 3 | 6 |
19946* | Demonstrate anatomical and physiological knowledge of horse feet | 5 | 3 |
19947* | Demonstrate anatomical and physiological knowledge of horse legs | 5 | 3 |
25003 | Identify horses' anatomy and conformation | 3 | 5 |
25443 | Demonstrate knowledge of the gear and procedures used in the exercise of horses | 6 | 2 |
20523 | Attend to horses at the races, and handle during swabbing | 12 | 5 |
*Theory only unit |
Contacts
Area | Name | Email Address |
NZTR | Ellie Aykroyd | |
HRNZ | Georgie Bolton | |
NZEET | Office |