Equine Groom Apprentice for Waterstock Riding Centre

Type: Apprentice
Location: OXFORD (OX33 1JS)

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

All normal yard duties include:

• Mucking out/ keeping yard tidy
• Turning in and out
• Filling haynets/ water buckets
• Making feeds
• Grooming / picking out feet
• Tacking up / untacking
• Assisting with lessons/ entertaining children on activity days
• Riding available for right candidate(s)

Where you’ll work

STABLE COTTAGE
WATERSTOCK HOUSE TC
WATERSTOCK
OXFORD
OX33 1JS

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

HADDON TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Equine groom (level 2)

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Your training plan

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 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
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness
• Passion for Horse Care

Other requirements

There is accommodation available for under 18’s and possibility of livery for own horse, alternatively if applying locally, there is a bus from Oxford which takes you within walking distance of the yard.

About this company

Waterstock Dressage & Riding School (License number 20358) provides excellent riding and horsemanship tuition to children and adults, from beginners to advanced.

We are a certified centre with the Pony Club of Great Britain which allows our members to complete the full range of tests and badges available and attend all different types of pony club rallies and instruction days. We also join up with other pony clubs and share summer camps and other activities.

Our qualified instructors have years of experience teaching to all levels of pupils across different equine disciplines from dressage to showjumping to eventing. Our facilities are really first class, with a super 20m x 40m indoor arena with mirrors, seated viewing gallery and audio facilities plus a lovely quiet outdoor arena.

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