How could you possibly have...

[letrec_fan]

I was looking up Equine Sports Massage Therapist to see what it would be like as a career and the requirements etc because someone mentioned it on this forum. I was looking at the ESMT Association website and this is what it said:

•5 GCSE PASSES OR PROOF OF EQUIVALENT EDUCATIONAL STANDARD
•A DIPLOMA IN HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND MASSAGE
•BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE ON COMMENCEMANT OF THE EQUINE COURSE
•EQUINE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MASSAGE DIPLOMA EXAMINATION BY ITEC, AN INDEPENDENT EXAMINING BODY
•A MINIMUM OF 4 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH HORSES TO A HIGH STANDARD, PREFERABLY IN A PROFESSIONAL YARD

All sounds fine, until this bit:

•KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF AT LEAST SIX OF THE FOLLOWING:
◦One day eventing
◦Three day eventing
◦Harness racing
◦Driving
◦Show Jumping
◦Showing
◦Gymkhana/Prince Philip cup
◦Dressage
◦Long distance/endurance
◦Polo Racing (flat or NH)
◦Team chasing
◦Point-to-pointing
◦Hunter trials


Is it just me that thinks it would be near impossible to have in-depth 'experience' of six of these?

 

[Bettyboo222]

http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Undergraduate/BScBVetMed/EntranceReq.cfm

Thats what I have got to have

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

i guess if you have taken part in some you can use that, and maybe do a weeks work experience at others.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

What college is this? A friend is at Writtle doing Equine Sports Therapy and went straight from school at 18. She has been riding forever, but has no experience of some of those things on the list-Harness Racing?!

 

[letrec_fan]

http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Undergraduate/BScBVetMed/EntranceReq.cfm

Thats what I have got to have

Your course requires work experience in three different locations. It just shocked me a bit when I read the word 'experience' because I would consider that more than just a week working at said place. But I guess if they just mean work experience, thats different..?

 

[Oberon]

Just do the Equinenergy course. I did it last monh. Very intense but very good. I learnt more on that course than I have for years!

 

[letrec_fan]

What college is this? A friend is at Writtle doing Equine Sports Therapy and went straight from school at 18. She has been riding forever, but has no experience of some of those things on the list-Harness Racing?!

My thoughts exactly. This isn't college - it is just the Sports Massage Therapy Association website and it requires six, not the whole list. However, I would consider proper experience of the sport to be like regularly attending competitions (not necc. competing yourself) or perhaps regularly volunteering or having known the sport for years...? Like if you evented with your horse or something.

 

[letrec_fan]

Just do the Equinenergy course. I did it last monh. Very intense but very good. I learnt more on that course than I have for years!

Yes, the course you did sounds really good I was just interested in ESMT because someone mentioned it on here and thought it would be worth a look.

 

[Kellys Heroes]

Just read it properly
You could get experience of 3DE and such volunteering to help out? Not necessarily that you've been there with your own horse.
You could get W.E on showing/SJ-ing/dressage yards.
Does seem a lot though!!
I'm sure they wouldn't be that strict when it came to it, not a lot of colleges/unis are
K x