Equine Industry Program 2008

Date	Level 1 / 2 Activity	Level 3 / 4 Activity
06-Feb-07	Riding. Horses required. Catch, lead and tie up a horse. Video tasks 1 - 5. Riding groups may be between 1 pm and 6 pm	Inter-school Competition meeting. Assignment on Competitions. Demonstration of requirements for Horse Health presentation (Wounds, bandages and poultices)
13-Feb-07	Working efectively, meaning of work, work requirements and time management. Equine behaviour.	Riding. Horses required. Identifying and describing a horse. Yarra Valley Veterinarian discussing horse illnesses.
20-Feb-07	Wandin Park visit. Cross-country judging training. 2:30 pm Anne Bakker. Cross - country demonstration.
24-Feb-07	Seville Pony Club Horse Trials judging all day 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (note Sunday). Contact Anne Bakker 9737 9510
27-Feb-07	Occupational health and safety background for Safe@work certificates. Risk assessment. Reporting incidents.	Riding. Horses required. Demonstrate ability to monitor vital signs. Work in preparation for Inter-school Competition. Lameness.
05-Mar-07	Riding. Horses required. Stable management. Video tasks 6 - 10. OH&S tasks.	Work on oral presentations on Horse Health. Inter-school Competition meeting.
12-Mar-07	Inter-school Competition. 1 / 2 students not required	Inter-school Competition. 3 / 4 students required all day
19-Mar-07	First aid course group 1, day 1. Note 2 pm - 5:30 pm. (Attendance is crucial) Group 2 maintaining property first working bee. Wear clothes to paint in.	Riding. Horses required. Video 'When to Call The Vet'. Complete oral presentations. Equine influenza, quarantine and vaccination. Material for oral presentations on Horse Health due.
26-Mar-07	School Holidays	School Holidays
02-Apr-07	School Holidays	School Holidays
09-Apr-07	First aid course group 1, day 2. Note 2 pm - 5:30 pm. (Attendance is crucial) Group 2 riding. Horses required. Training a horse to lead and come up. Video tasks 11 - 17	Preparing a Stables Procedures manual. Worms and worming. Faecal egg counts. Weighing horses. Dental information. (No classroom available)
16-Apr-07	First aid course group 2, day 1. Note 2 pm - 5:30 pm. (Attendance is crucial). Group 1 maintaining property first working bee. Wear clothes to paint in.	Riding. Horses required. Prepare for written test on Horse Health. Starting horses and equine behaviour.
23-Apr-07	First aid course group 2, day 2. Note 2 pm - 5:30 pm. (Attendance is crucial) Group 1 riding. Horses required (Outdoor). Paces. Video tasks 16 -20	Oral presentations on Horse Health delivered (Indoor arena).
30-Apr-07	Background information on jobs, resumes and letters of application.	Riding. Horses required. Mark Burnell, horse dentist.
07-May-07	Riding. Horses required. Loading horses. Video tasks 21 - 25	Oral presentations concluded. Anatomy and physiology task. Points of the horse - bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments.
14-May-07	Riding. Horses required. Saddles and bridles. Video tasks 26 -30	Stable Procedures Manual. 'Visual Horse' video. Written test on Horse Health. Worming and faecal egg counts.
21-May-07	Travelling horses. Personal fitness. Planning for interviews.	Riding. Horses required. Stable Procedures Manual due. Sonia Johnson master class and talk.
28-May-07	Inter-school Competition. 1 / 2 students not required	Inter-school Competition. 3 / 4 students required all day
04-Jun-07	Riding - preparing for dressage test. Horses required. Grooming and plaiting. Video tasks 31 - 36	Autopsy. Powerpoint for Anatomy and Physiology due.
11-Jun-07	Racing excursion has been postponed. Communication -dressage tests analysis; preparation for pencilling;	VCAA Exams. 3 / 4 students not required
18-Jun-07	Mock job interviews. Students required for interview and review session only (approx 2 hours)	Riding. Horses required. Students required for riding session only.
25-Jun-07	No Equine Industry.	No Equine Industry.
02-Jul-07	School Holidays	School Holidays
09-Jul-07	School Holidays	School Holidays
16-Jul-07	Introduction to nutrition and practical feeding.	Riding. Horses required. Conformation, performance and showing
23-Jul-07	Riding. Horses required. Boots and bandages.	Oral presentations on Anatomy and Physiology
30-Jul-07	Racing excursion postponed yet again. Estimating weight of a horse. Communication - training presentations demonstration.	Riding. Horses required. Equine massage (Sue Martin)
06-Aug-07	Riding. Horses required. Boots and bandages.	Anatomy and Physiology test. Assignment on Nutrition. Calculating a ration. Application to your horse and other scenarios.
13-Aug-07	Communication - training presentations. Practical assessment.	Riding. Horses required. Feeding from womb to tomb (Kentucky Equine Research)
20-Aug-07	Riding. Horses required.	Nutrition
27-Aug-07	Inter-school Competition. 1 / 2 students not required	Inter-school Competition. 3 / 4 students required all day
03-Sep-07	Communication - training presentations. Practical assessment.	Riding. Horses required. Horse Training (Rob McCann)
10-Sep-07	Communication - training presentations. Practical assessment.	Nutrition Assignment and Incursions / Excursions Assignments due.
17-Sep-07	No Equine Industry. Pupil free day at Billanook	No Equine Industry. Pupil free day at Billanook
24-Sep-07	School Holidays	School Holidays
01-Oct-07	School Holidays	School Holidays
08-Oct-07	Riding. Horses required. Practical assessments.	Competition assignment due. Unfinished work.
15-Oct-07	Practical assessment and written test.	Exam revision. Final day for resubmission of unsatisfactory work.
22-Oct-07	Maintaining facilities round robin - plumbing, fencing and painting. Wear appropriate clothes.
29-Oct-07	Inter-school Competition. 1 / 2 students required all day
05-Nov-07	Riding. Horses required. Practical assessments