Equine apprenticeship at Barefoot Natural Livery Yard
Harmony Equitation Ltd
WILTSHIRE, SN6 6RD
Closes in 25 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 September 2024
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Summary
At our friendly yard in North Wiltshire you will be working as part of a well organised team performing the day to day tasks for natural horse care. You will have support from knowledgeable, caring managers and senior grooms. You will have the opportunity to choose ridden or non-ridden pathways with access to schoolmaster horses throughout.
- Annual wage
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£11,315.20 to £20,225.92 a year
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The agreed final hourly wage can be discussed at interview
- Training course
- Senior equine groom (level 3)
- Hours
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Four days per week including one weekend day. 7.30am - 9.30am Morning Stables, Mid morning break, 10am - 1pm Yard work, Lunch Break, 2pm - 3.30pm Horsemanship Training. 3.30 - 5.30pm Evening Stables.
34 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 1 November
- Duration
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1 Year 6 Months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Day to day tasks include:
- Feeding and haying horses
- Health checks, hoof check and rug changes
- Preparing feeds and haynets
- Learning to drive a quad and trailer
- Yard sweeping and tidying
Exercise of horses:
- Hand walking
- In-hand and groundwork training
- Lunging
- Ridden Schooling
- Ridden Hacking
- Opportunites for jumping and fast work
Where you’ll work
POUND FARM
SWAN LANE
LEIGH
WILTSHIRE
SN6 6RD
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
SHELDRAKE TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Senior equine groom (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- Level 3 Advanced Equine Apprenticeship Standard
- Training onsite in person and remote course work via online portal
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths and English (grade C/4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
You must be physically fit and happy to work out doors in all weathers.
About this company
Based in the heart of the north Wiltshire, Harmony Equitation and Natural Livery, we provide a range of services. By combining horse behaviour and natural biomechanics we are able to create a horse friendly, ethical training methodology that treats all horses as individuals. We offer Natural Livery services on a track system. “Track Systems” or the original term “Paddock Paradise” was developed by Jaime Jackson based on his observations of wild horses in the Great Basin. Horses in nature live in social groups, moving together from resource to resource, they have a “home range” and follow paths or “tracks” from one place to the next. Track Livery mimics these natural habitats and offer our domestic horses a chance to live like their wild cousins. We offer our clients a ranging of training with their horses from liberty and groundwork to rider biomechanics and classical dressage. We have regular clinics and offer sessions for jumping, trec obstacles and round pen training.
After this apprenticeship
- A position as a Senior Groom within the equestrian industry
- The opportunity to specialise for example; equine dentistry, equine physiotherapy or a farrier
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHELDRAKE TRAINING LIMITED
Rob Dawkins
busdevmgr@sheldraketraining.co.uk
01980 845556
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278605.
Apply now
Closes in 25 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
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