Portugal EEN Meeting
21st to the 23rd July of 2014
Golegã
HISTORY
The Military School of Equitation
HISTORY
The Military School of Equitation
In Mafra, between 1840 and 1859, using the
Royal Stables adjacent to the Palace, the
Mafra Stud Farm was installed, in order to
complement the Royal Herds of Alter do
Chão.
HISTORY
The Military School of Equitation
After the assassination of King Carlos I in 1908, it
became the Army Remount Reserve.
In 1950 it became the Military School of
Equitation.
HISTORY
The Military School of Equitation
Throughout the decades, 1952 to 1995, the
Escola de Mafra was the only school
where Monitors, Instructors or Masters of
Equitation could be qualified in Portugal.
HISTORY
The explosive increase in the number of
civilians beginning to riding,
National requirement that all Sports facilities
had to have a Technically Responsible
person, of Level II or above,
Created a great lack of people with the
correct qualifications, for the country
needs.
HISTORY
The Portuguese Equestrian Federation
(FEP) started to take measures to
regularise the training of teachers and
proficient riders.
HISTORY
Creating a department of equine education,
to which was given the internal title of
Escola Nacional de Equitação – ENE –
already with the idea that it could be given
autonomous jurisdiction, as soon as it
became possible.
ENE
Provides:
• The decentralisation of the places of
training, leading students to attend
localised Study Centres, instead of
requiring them to travel great distances to
attend a central facility;
Teaching Centres
Are designated within the National Network
of the Federated Riding Schools and
selected by the ENE on the basis of the
quality and dimensions of their facilities
and the equestrian resources.
ACTUALY
The Portuguese Institute for Sport (IPDJ)
decided to create a national system for
the education of all teachers in all sport
activities, calling them all “TRAINERS”
ACTUALY
So, the National Trainers
Formation Program includes all
the sport disciplines and
equitation as well.
Trainers Formation Program
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Common formation
40h
60h
90h
135h
Specific formation
(minimum)
40h
60h
90h
135h
Training post
600h
800h
1100h
1500h
Total
680h
920h
1280h
1770h
Trainers Formation Program
Inicial requirements
Minimum 18 years old
Level 2 of the EQF
Specific examinations
Have a place to make the training
post
Formation
Level 1
Qualification
Conducting elementary
technical activities, under the
supervision of superior
trainers or assisting training
and competition on the
subsequent stages
Trainers Formation Program
Inicial requirements
Formation
Qualification
1 year of Professional experience as Level 1 Trainer
12 hours /Year of formation
Minimum 18 years old
Level 3 of the EQF
To be a level 1 trainer
Level 2
Training by himself or
assisting trainers of
superior level.
Coordinate and supervise
level 1 and 2 technical
training teams.
Trainers Formation Program
Inicial requirements
Formation
Qualification
2 years of Professional experience as Level 2 Trainer
15 hours /Year of formation
Minimum 18 years old
Level 3 of the EQF
To be a level 2 trainer
Level 3
Be able to plan exercises and
evaluate the performance of
level 1, 2 and 3. Coordinate
and supervise different training
and competition activities,
specially on high performance
athletes.
Trainers Formation Program
Inicial requirements
Formation
Qualification
3 years of Professional experience as Level 3 Trainer
20 hours /Year of formation
Minimum 18 years old
Level 3 of the EQF
To be a level 3 trainer
Level 4
Coordinate, direct, plan and
evaluate all the training and
competition activities.
Innovation, direction, and
selection tasks.
25 hours/ Year of formation to renew the Certification, after 5 years of activity
ACTUALY
• Meanwhile, since 2010 all the formation
has stopped until now, when the
programs according to the new National
Trainer Formation Program are approved
by the IPDJ.
• The only courses allowed to happen are
the ones that already started in 2010.
• We have just started the Level 1
formation!
ACTUALY
The ENE at Golegã