Field Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Review of Equine and Greyhound Racing Industry unit standards
Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
Equine |
Racetrack Maintenance |
1611, 1612, 1614, 1615, 25854-25856 |
Racing Broadcasting |
25928-25938, 26253 |
|
Racing Operations |
25846, 25847, 25849, 25850 |
|
Greyhound Racing Industry |
Greyhound Care and Training |
25081-25085, 25087, 25088, 25090, 25093-25096 |
Greyhound Racing |
25086, 25089, 25091, 25097 |
The Primary Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.
Summary
Unit standards were identified that had little or no usage in the last two years.
Consent to assess holders were contacted in March 2021 and notified of their pending expiry. There were no objections to the expiry of these unit standards.
Main changes
· Unit standards were designated expiring due to little or no usage in the last two years, and no anticipated usage in the future.
· The associated Domains for Racetrack Maintenance, Racing Broadcasting, Racing Operations, Greyhound Care and Training, and Greyhound Racing will lapse with the expiry of all the standards listed above.
These Category D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2022
Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits
Key to review category |
|
A |
Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
B |
Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
C |
Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID |
D |
Standard will expire and not be replaced |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Equine > Racetrack Maintenance
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
1611 |
Maintain and erect hurdles and steeplechase fences for thoroughbred hurdles races |
3 |
3 |
D |
1612 |
Supervise horses working on the racetrack |
3 |
4 |
D |
1614 |
Maintain sand and plough equine racetrack surfaces |
3 |
4 |
D |
1615 |
Prepare and maintain the race club facility, before, during and after a race meeting |
3 |
5 |
D |
25854 |
Prepare, maintain and rehabilitate harness racetrack surfaces |
3 |
15 |
D |
25855 |
Identify harness racetrack deterioration, groom track and demonstrate knowledge of maintenance procedures |
3 |
8 |
D |
25856 |
Demonstrate knowledge of the design, construction and maintenance of a harness racing track |
3 |
4 |
D |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Equine > Racing Broadcasting
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
25928 |
Prepare, set up sound desk and VT, record, playback, and mix sound for racing broadcasting |
5 |
37 |
D |
25929 |
Describe health and safety guidelines and risk control procedures while working in racing broadcasting |
3 |
2 |
D |
25930 |
Describe operational areas, and pre-raceday and raceday procedures in racing broadcasting |
3 |
2 |
D |
25931 |
Demonstrate knowledge of a racing broadcasting camera, mountings, and lens |
3 |
4 |
D |
25932 |
Demonstrate knowledge of racing broadcasting camera shots and positions |
3 |
2 |
D |
25933 |
Demonstrate knowledge of video signals for racing broadcasting |
3 |
2 |
D |
25934 |
Describe environmental effects on, and storage and handling of, camera and equipment in racing broadcasting |
2 |
2 |
D |
25935 |
Position a television camera, and take routine shots in a multi-camera situation for racing broadcasting |
4 |
18 |
D |
25936 |
Position a television camera to identify and shoot complex shots for racing broadcasting |
4 |
10 |
D |
25937 |
Record vision and sound with a professional television camera for racing broadcasting |
4 |
10 |
D |
25938 |
Demonstrate knowledge of lighting required by a camera operator for racing broadcasting |
3 |
3 |
D |
26253 |
Set up, prepare to operate, and de-rig, a television camera for racing broadcasting |
4 |
3 |
D |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Equine > Racing Operations
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
25846 |
Operate and maintain a TAB retail outlet for the racing industry |
3 |
20 |
D |
25847 |
Coordinate on-course betting using a betting system administration terminal |
4 |
12 |
D |
25849 |
Describe thoroughbred, harness, and greyhound racing and racing operations |
3 |
6 |
D |
25850 |
Carry out administration duties in a TAB retail outlet |
4 |
3 |
D |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Greyhound Racing Industry > Greyhound Care and Training
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
25081 |
Prepare a greyhound for bathing and grooming, and bath and groom a greyhound |
2 |
3 |
D |
25082 |
Clean greyhound kennels |
2 |
3 |
D |
25083 |
Identify, catch, collar, and prepare a greyhound for an activity |
2 |
3 |
D |
25084 |
Demonstrate knowledge of, and meet, the nutritional requirements of individual greyhounds' |
2 |
3 |
D |
25085 |
Attend to preparation, travel, and post travel activities for a greyhound |
2 |
3 |
D |
25087 |
Assess greyhound kennel complexes and components, and materials used in the construction of a complex |
3 |
2 |
D |
25088 |
Manage a greyhound-breeding programme |
6 |
6 |
D |
25090 |
Break in a greyhound for racing |
5 |
8 |
D |
25093 |
Describe the pre-training, conditioning, and associated feeding and health requirements of a greyhound |
5 |
9 |
D |
25094 |
Identify the points, external body parts, five senses, and signs of health and ill health in greyhounds |
2 |
3 |
D |
25095 |
Identify common health problems and lameness in greyhounds |
3 |
8 |
D |
25096 |
Describe the interrelationships of greyhound's body systems, common health problems, and immunity |
4 |
10 |
D |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Greyhound Racing Industry > Greyhound Racing
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
|
25086 |
Demonstrate knowledge of the greyhound racing industry structure |
3 |
5 |
D |
25089 |
Prepare for and attend to a greyhound on raceday, and describe greyhound raceday procedures |
4 |
7 |
D |
25091 |
Nominate a greyhound for a race, and describe the procedures for and consequences of, withdrawal |
4 |
4 |
D |
25097 |
Demonstrate knowledge of the greyhound racing judicial system |
3 |
4 |
D |