This course which is designed and delivered by Equine Safety & Training Ltd, an Irish company providing specialist Health & Safety training for the equine sector.
The course is designed by people who have worked in the equine sector for many years including some with a background in training.
The course is divided into Chapters each with lessons to be taken within that chapter.
Some lessons will require you to download an exercise which you will then be required to complete and upload – there will be step by step instructions for these exercises.
You must complete each chapter, the lessons and the Quiz at the end of each chapter to move on to the next one.
This course has been designed to guide you through the principles involved in Health & Safety in your workplace. We hope you enjoy the course and welcome your feedback through a survey which can be downloaded at the end of the course.
A certificate will issue automatically from the website upon completion. Your LANTRA certificate will be posted out to your address provided within a few weeks.
Please note that all course content and material is copyright of Equine Safety & Training Ltd. All rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it by any other means or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 51 Lessons
- 30 Days
- Course Details4
- Health & Safety in the Equine Workplace3
- Safe Systems of Work - Equine Workplace11
- 4.1Working with Equines
- 4.2Safe Systems of Work
- 4.3Safe Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
- 4.4Hazards
- 4.5List of Potential Hazards for Equines
- 4.6Personal Protective Equipment PPE
- 4.7Fire Safety
- 4.8First Aid – Overview
- 4.9Bio-Security
- 4.10Dealing with Accidents in the Workplace
- 4.11Quiz 2. Safe Systems of Work10 Questions
- Causes & Consequences of Accidents and illnesses11
- Golden Rules for Staying Safe - working with equines10
- 6.1Points to remember – working with equines
- 6.2Tying up Equines
- 6.3Leading an equine
- 6.4Handling equines for Vet or Farrier
- 6.5Loading & unloading Equines
- 6.6Tack and Equipment
- 6.7Tacking Up – Part 1
- 6.8Tacking Up – Part 2 – including Giving a “Leg Up”
- 6.9Clipping Equines
- 6.11Quiz 4. General Knowledge6 Questions
- Manual Handling13
- 7.1What is Manual Handling?
- 7.2The Musculoskeletal System
- 7.3Mechanics of Movement
- 7.4Lifting
- 7.5Environmental Factors & Risk Assessment
- 7.6Carrying – Filter Illustration
- 7.7Pushing & Pulling
- 7.8Manual Handling Tasks in the Equine Workplace
- 7.9Manual Handling – mucking out
- 7.10Moving bales of shavings or small bales of hay / straw
- 7.11Causes and Consequences of incorrect manual handling
- 7.12Types of Manual Handling Injuries
- 7.14Quiz 5. Manual Handling Quiz5 Questions
- Stay Safe5
Target audiences
- Only suitable for learners 16 years and over.
