Level 2 Equine Groom (Riding)

Knowledge of current health, safety and security requirements, policies and procedures including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), rules and Codes of Practice and ethics relevant to the workplace, routine yard and field duties and horse husbandry, principles of stabling and grassland care, policies and procedures for new horse(s) arriving on the yard, how to minimise waste and environmental and sustainable working practices, equine terminology used to describe horses, basic anatomy and physiology, including the digestive and skeletal systems, core principles of horse welfare (including health) and care of the sick horse, basics of current legal welfare requirements, importance of routine health care and record keeping including veterinary reports, passports, vaccinations, worming, farriery and dentistry, horses� natural instincts, mental abilities and the principles of how horses behave and learn, different methods of safe handling in various situations, core principles of horse care including feeding, watering, grooming and foot care, basics of trimming, clipping and plaiting, common workplace saddlery, equipment and clothing used and how to maintain it, basic awareness of discipline-specific saddlery and equipment, current workplace principles and legal requirements relating to commercial transport of horses, variety of non-ridden exercise procedures used in the different workplaces.