Background on Clinics

Our clinics normally consist of four days and evenings of practical sessions assessing your skills in communication in teaching horsemanship skills to groups of riders. We concentrate on safety, risk management and effectiveness in delivery of information, be it ‘directing the traffic’, or instructions relating to skill development. As the Education Department guidelines in each state specify the need for qualified instructors for horse programmes dealing with students, and the Australian Horse Industry Council’s Code of Practice for horse activities requires guides/instructors to have some sort of qualification for what they are doing; I would encourage all who are engaged in these areas to gain appropriate accreditation.

Horse Safety Australia (formerly AHSE) accreditation is recognised throughout Australia, and is linked with the Outdoor Recreation Training Package delivered by TAFEs and private providers.

Accreditation requires that you hold a current recognised (senior or Level II) First Aid Certificate.

In addition to a Certificate for your Horse Safety Australia qualification, Statements of Attainment will be provided through the clinic for units achieved within Certificates II to IV of the Outdoor Recreation Training Package.

Clinic Planning

The following pages provide further information regarding the planning and costs of a clinic.

• Future Clinics Dates and details
• A Clinic at Your Site?
• Teaching at a Clinic (for participants)
• Competencies (Recognition of Prior Learning Process)