BHS PTT & PTC - Can Someone fill me in?

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armywag

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Hi There

Im thinking of taking my BHS PTT, has anyone done this?

Looking on the BHS website it looks like you do the test and then have to apply for the BHS PTC?

Do you then have to do 500 hours of teaching before you actually get this quilification?
 
It's changed a bit since I did it, as I think you now have to make up a portfolio or something to gain your professional teaching certificate?? When I did it, I had to do BHS stages 1 and 2, Riding and road safety, and then I did PTT. You then had to do an addition 500 hours and pass your BHS stage 3 to become a BHSAI.

I'm not sure how the new system works, but I think once you do the PTT you have that qualification, but then you need to do PTC and hours, plus stage 3 to become AI?

Sorry, prob not much help
 
To get the BHSAI you need to do:

stage 1 care and riding
riding and road safety test
stage 2 care and riding

then EITHER

preliminary teaching test

OR

stage 3 care and riding

Once you have passed the PTT you are classed as a BHSPTC. To make it up to the full BHSAI you need to pass the stage 3 AND complete a portfolio relating to your instructing. The hours requirement was scrapped a while ago.

Hope that helps!
 
Nope, definitely need to sit PTT as otherwise they have never seen you teach....

Stage 1,2 and 3 complete plus PTT exams passed, plus a completed portfolio (example sheets available on BHS site), first aid cert' and child protection course gives you the AI.

Portfolio is a nightmare to do unless you are in a training/riding school situation.
 
You need four riders together, for four sessions, and a 'mentor' to provide feedback. I just cannot get 4 clients who are even vaguely aiming at the same thing AND someone experienced to watch said lessons all at the same time! Absolutely fine if you're teaching in a riding school where group lessons are the norm, but most livery yard riders don't do groups!
 
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You need four riders together, for four sessions, and a 'mentor' to provide feedback. I just cannot get 4 clients who are even vaguely aiming at the same thing AND someone experienced to watch said lessons all at the same time! Absolutely fine if you're teaching in a riding school where group lessons are the norm, but most livery yard riders don't do groups!

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The 4 riders don't have to be a group, can be 4 individuals.
 
Really? Where/ by whom were you told that? If correct then it makes my life sooo much easier! I was told by examiner that it was a group but if you have done yours with individuals then I'm going to blooming well try too!
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Info is on BHS website, although I'll give you that you have to know what you're looking for!!

Have you read the sample coaching portfolio download? Downloadable from here if not - http://www.bhs.org.uk/Training_and_Quali..._Portfolio.aspx

It implies that the 4 riders don't have to be a group, then on the top of page 9 (Task 3, section a) it says

"You will be expected to produce an outline plan of the four linked coaching sessions for at
least one of your participant riders that you identified in task one. If your 4 riders ride as a
group then the session plans will be for this group."

Which I think covers it!

If in doubt, ring the exams office!!
 
Oh! I thought I had read all the bumph and have the blank portfolio all photocopied out and ready to go. Will make that this w/e's project- to read it properly! Have everything else exam wise done and dusted so feel rather silly. They really could make it clearer though. at least the hours requirement was pretty straightforward if long-winded.
Thanks.
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