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Timely Traineeships

March 6, 2013 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

University started back this week in Australia and many TAFEs started a week or two prior. Even so, educational institutions are still taking expressions of interest for courses and enrolments.

Traineeships can be of appeal throughout the year – but don’t let that be an excuse to put off looking into one! They are an excellent way to go about gaining a qualification whilst at work, earning an income.

An added incentive is that employer’s in Australia can get money from the government for taking someone on and enroling them to do a course. Not sure if your employer or potential employer would be up for a traineeship? Ask!

There are apprenticeship factories in Australia as well as other employment agencies. If researching apprenticeships, consider approaching these services and local educational institutions to find out about qualifications on offer.

In the Victorian vicinity and want a horse qualification? The National Centre for Equine Education offers traineeships and other ways to get qualified up to diploma level in racing, breeding and performance. Inquire today!

‘In training horses, one trains himself.’ – Antoine De Pluvinet

Sport Coaching and Instructing

March 4, 2013 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

I was talking online with a previous student of mine last month and found out that currently she’s undertaking a course to be able to instruct at a riding school. Curious to find out where she was doing this (and assuming it would be the introductory level through Equestrian Australia or HorseRidingCoach.com), I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Certificate III course she is doing was at neither of these.

Why pleasantly surprised? I always like to learn about new education opportunities available, that’s all 🙂

This particular young woman is completing her Certificate III in Sport Coaching at the Australian College of Sports Development. The horse related studies focus on Equestrian (General) or Equestrian (Show Horse).

So if you’re interested in coaching/instructing horse riding, perhaps this qualification is worth a look at. There are a number of options out their for coaches, leaving little room to argue that it’s difficult to get qualified!

“Lessons from your horse: when you’re quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick much faster than omnivores.”

Writing Educational Resources

February 27, 2013 by Christine Meunier 1 Comment

Perhaps you love to study and write. There are a lot of courses available around the world that offer horse related qualifications. For each of these courses to be offered, resources first had to be established for them.

I was talking with a colleague a couple of weeks ago about writing resources. One of our qualifications has undergone a training package change, resulting in new resources needing to be written for some units. For accredited courses in Australia, there are guidelines on the number of units that need to be included to make up a qualification, as well as what sort of units can be included.

Once units are included in a qualification, it is up to the training provider to provide students with resources for each unit of their course. These units have guidelines on what information must be included and how students are to be assessed. From these guidelines, learner resources are often written to ensure that they meet the training package requirements.

For someone who is knowledgeable in the horse industry, there may be a role in creating such resources.

Although many institutes may utilise employed teachers to create their resources, sometimes – due to time restraints or a lack of knowledge in a particular field – it can be of benefit for an educational institution to purchase learning resources and corresponding assessments.

There is surely a market out there for an educated individual to create such resources and offer them for sale to appropriate educational institutions. Food for thought.

“To learn all that a horse could teach, was a world of knowledge, but only a beginning…” – Mary O’Hara

Jockey Coaching

February 26, 2013 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

Generally, when I think of instructing horse riding, I tend to think of people learning to ride, often in an English style. Or, perhaps learning the basics of riding out on a trail.

Now, I know this is a very small amount of the riding disciplines available out there, and I haven’t given the other areas enough focus on this blog!

A couple of weeks ago at the National Centre for Equine Education there was a UK based gentleman by the name of Steve Smith Eccles speaking with those gathered about coaching jockeys.

Steve and his work partner Michael coach jockeys in the UK about race riding. Their experience combined helps them to direct riders over jumps (national hunt) and on the flat. Jockey Coaching is an initiative that was set up in conjunction with the British Racing School back in 2007.

Perhaps your passion is coaching or instructing riders. Jockey Coaching seems to me a great set up that focuses on the niche of race riding!

“How to ride a horse: step one – mount the horse. Step two – stay mounted …”

Coach the Coaches Afternoon at the NCEE

February 12, 2013 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

The National Centre for Equine Education is hosting a Racing Victoria FREE event, Coach the Coaches this Sunday afternoon (February 17th) at 1pm.

Former UK National Hunt jockey Steve Smith Eccles will be the speaker. Eccles was a ‘top 5 jockey’s list for 10 consecutive years’. This event it to help people ‘learn techniques used to plan for coaching, participation and rider development in all equestrian disciplines’.

According to the flyer:
“After retiring from racing, Steve started the UK Jockey Coaching company in 2007, overseeing hands and heels and training race services for the British Racing School, with a Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Equestrian Riding with a Specialisation in Coaching Jockeys.”

Details again:

Coach the Coaches Afternoon with Steve Smith Eccles
Sunday 17th February 1pm
@ the National Centre for Equine Education, Rural Industry Campus, GOTAFE, Tone Rd, Wangaratta, Victoria

For details and registration contact Lisa Coffey on l.coffey@racingvictoria.net.au or (03) 9258 4328

Timely Traineeships

Sport Coaching and Instructing

Writing Educational Resources

Jockey Coaching

Coach the Coaches Afternoon at the NCEE

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