Equine Groom Apprenticeship

Summary

Brendon Stud is a top-class professional location standing multiple stallions at stud. Based in the rolling hills of Pyecombe, the team are looking for an apprentice to join their team!

Wage: £15,704 a year
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Training course: Equine groom (level 2)
Hours: Working hours are done on a rota basis, please expect to work some weekends. Exact working days and hours TBC
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 April
Duration: 1 year
Positions available: 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

Brendon Stud have some seriously top-quality young horses in work, and you’ll get plenty of training and ring riding opportunities. Some affiliated experience is preferred as these are big, fit young competition horses including stallions.

As an apprentice, you will be expected to complete all yard duties such as:

Feeding
Sweeping
Harrowing arenas
Mucking out
Field maintenance
Checking mares & field horses

Must be confident handling horses as you will have to handle youngstock and stallions.

Amazing opportunity for someone competent and capable.

This is a job that will set you up to be able to successfully run your own yard in the future if that is something that you might want to look to do in the future.

This is a modern yard to work at, with indoor stables and lunge arena, indoor and outdoor arenas, a show centre and saddlery shop on site. An on-site cafeteria open on show days too!

Live in position available in a shared flat with all amenities, your own horse is welcome but sorry, no other pets.

The apprenticeship is based on-site in a practical environment so there is not lots of time spent in the classroom. If you did not gain your GCSEs at school, we can support you to gain these whilst on programme.

Working hours are done on a rota basis and you will be required to work some weekends.

You have to be a UK resident or have lived in the EU you for 3 years or more to apply for this role.

Where you’ll work

HARESDEAN FARM

HARESDEAN LANE

PYECOMBE

BRIGHTON

BN45 7EG

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

HADDON TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Equine groom (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Your training plan

You will be working towards the Level 2 Equine Groom apprenticeship standard.

All training will be provided on site during your paid working hours. Your day-to-day mentoring will be with your employer, and a combination of online and in person monthly sessions will be held with your Haddon Training Trainer Coach.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
maths (grade 4)

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
Organisation skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

Brendon Stud are specifically looking for someone who is already a competent horse handler. A competent rider would also be preferred.

About this company

Brendon Stud is located within Brendon Equestrian Centre at the foot of the South Downs in the village of Pyecombe. We are a family run business headed by Valerie Light and daughters, Shirley, Caraleen & Jacqui. The stud is part of a bigger picture. As well as breeding competition horses for all disciplines [although we specialise in Showjumping], we also import horses to produce and sell on. We run a comprehensive Show Centre with affiliated Jumping shows, along with affiliated and unaffiliated dressage, arena eventing, unaffiliated jumping and showing shows. We have a saddlery shop on site, [and online] alongside the saddlery we sell a quality range of feed and bedding.

https://brendonstud.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Progression to the Level 3 Senior Equine Groom apprenticeship
Permanent employment
Develop excellent knowledge about breeding horses

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