The person who takes overall responsibility for the training, setting of exam paper and marking of it must be a member of the British Horse Society Register of Instructors. The instructor will forward the marked papers to the British Horse Society for moderation. The pass mark for each level is 60% and successful candidates will receive certificates from the BHS following moderation.

Level one includes:

• Knowledge of types, uses, colours and markings
• Elementary stable management and stable routine
• Identify tack, basic care, checking for safety
• Grooming
• Care of the foot and shoeing
• Ill health
• Temperature pulse and respiration
• Worming and vaccinating
• Watering and feeding
• Buying a horse
• Preparing to ride, riding on the roads, correct dress.

Level two includes:

• Reasons for shoeing
• Structure of the foot
• Blacksmith’s tools and uses
• How to remove a shoe
• Recognise common injuries and basic first aid
• Treatment of wounds
• Knowledge of watering and feeding of stabled horse and at grass
• Care and maintenance of grassland
• Fences, gates, shelter, watering, weeds and poisonous plants
• Care of saddlery, soundness
• Fitting of equipment, boots, martingales etc.
• Insurance
• Stable routine
• Bedding and different systems
• Highway and Country Codes

Level three includes:

• Common injuies and ailments
• Teeth, worming fittening and roughing-off
• Clipping,trimming and plaiting
• Transport
• Law re transporting horses
• Prepare horse for travel
• Preparation for competition, care and fitness
• Stable construction
• Types of stabling, planning regs., Layout of yards.
• Clothing and bandaging
• Good and bad forage. Identify grasses, weeds and poisonous plants.
• Knowledge of the costs of keeping a horse stabled and at grass.
• Knowledge of The British Horse Society, Riding Clubs, The Pony Club.

Level Four - See syllabus

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