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