Future Requirements

• What would you like to do or gain in your next job?

I am open to working in any discipline but have a preference towards classical and modern dressage. I’d like to work as a stable hand/ groom. My perfect job would be one where I have the opportunity to gain skills in the training of horses but this is not at all a deal breaker.

 

• Do you need accommodation?

Would be prefered.

 

• Do you have any special requirements for any animals you wish to bring with you?

No

 

• Do you have any ongoing commitments?

No

 

• Do you have any holidays booked that an employer needs to know of?

Holiday 13th to 14th Nov and 18th to 19th Nov. That’s the only holiday I need for the foreseeable future. Will work in the Christmas period.

 

Experience with Horses

Outline your experience with horses here/the scope of your freelance services. If you’re looking for a non-equine or non- yard-based job please use this space to describe your experience skills/abilities and adapt the questions to suit your line of work.

I have 4 years’ experience riding in an arena and on trails; specialising in classical equitation. Previously, I’ve volunteered time doing stable hand work for my local stables for a few months alongside my university studying. I can do everything required of a stable hand, including but not limited to horse care, yard and site maintenance, exercising horses and bringing horses to and from fields. Experienced with small ponies all the way to large draught horses.

Outside of yard work I am training towards joining historical reenactment cavalry groups, though this is a work in progress as the group Historic Equitation are a fair distance from me. With this group I have experience riding and handling stallions or otherwise hot horses both in saddle and on foot. These horses are working and travel to these events.

 

Key Skills

What are you particularly good at? For example: working alone, working with others, clipping, plaiting, turning out for shows, handling stallions, handling/riding young horses, non-equine skills etc

I am particularly good at reading horse behaviour. Can work alone or with others. Good at horse care, yard/site maintenance and handling horses of all sizes. Good with people, very chatty.

 

Strengths and Weaknesses

• What do you most enjoy about working with horses?

I enjoy seeing how they develop physically and mentally as they grow and become stronger.

 

• Is there anything you’d like to improve?

My knowledge in the old horse masters and how they can be implemented in equine training in a modern context.

 

• Why should employers consider you above any other job seeker?

I am very passionate about horses and I am very good in reading behaviour – which is of interest to anyone who owns horses. I usually go the extra mile to ensure the highest standard of care and I am always interested in furthering my knowledge.