BHSQ Level 4 Senior Yard Manager with Riding (Stage 4)

By successfully completing this qualification learners will demonstrate they meet the required industry standards to successfully manage a yard, or become a senior groom or freelance groom/rider.
Learners should expect to gain practical experience in a work environment to develop their skills and knowledge in preparation for level 4 assessments. They need to have access to a variety of horses to develop their horse care, lunging and riding skills and expand their experience.
A skills record book needs to be completed prior to the BHS assessment by an accredited coach of the correct level.

This is designed for experienced learners working in the equine industry. It gives the opportunity to develop skills through a variety of units including; Using specialist tack, understanding the nutritional requirements of horses, managing competition horses, maintaining and promoting horse health and physical well-being, care of horses including mares and youngstock and older horses, improving customer care, interpersonal skills, requirements for self employment, roles and responsibilities of a yard manager, financial requirements for an equestrian business, record keeping, marketing, management of a yard and grassland, lunging of competition horses and riding options in Eventing, Dressage or Show Jumping.

In the riding you will need to be able to prepare for, ride and assess horses to develop their way of going, including:
Inexperienced horses
Trained horses up to Elementary level to develop their way of going
Trained horses over a course of show jumps up to 1.10 metres/3 feet 7 inches
Trained horses over a cross country course up to 1 metre/3 feet 3 inches
Unit 4: Stage 4 Senior Ride for Training Eventing includes riding all phases of eventing; dressage, show jumping and cross country. There are options to complete dressage or show jumping only routes for those that are discipline specific riders.