Post by workingcob on Jun 11, 2012 20:38:10 GMT
I'm looking into taking on an apprentice at our yard under the government scheme, as we are close to Bishop Burton college for the day release teaching aspect and could provide training and work at our yard.
We are a small friendly livery and training yard (www.templefarmsequestrian.com) - our liveries are all full or assisted plus we take in horses for training, sales, holiday livery etc and have our own show horses, plus broodmares and foals. Along with showing, we also do some SJ, dressage & ODE plus hunting in the winter.
Applicants would need to be 18-24 and must be able to drive so they can get to college. We can offer a live in position, and own horse by arrangement, with the chance to get the horse out competing with our own. The right candidate would be:
* a confident, competent rider happy to ride a range of horses including youngsters and not someone who has lost their nerve, is naturally lacking in confidence etc
* willing to take on all the jobs that working on a yard involves - including the less glamorous like poo picking! While there will be training in skills such as plaiting, clipping etc, and the chance to compete, the reality is that, as with most yards, there's plenty of routine day-to-day work to be done as well!
* cheerful and pleasant (especially if living in!) as we pride ourselves on being a happy, friendly yard
* a subscriber to non violent techniques as promoted by Monty Roberts, so if you prefer to give a horse a whack rather than work out why it's not going well, this is not the job for you!
Most apprenticenships last 12-18 months depending on the qualification and the right candidate may have a full time position at the end. We live in a very lovely part of the world, within easy access of York, Hull etc and already have a successful apprentice working in our farm business so fully support the scheme.
If you think you might be interested, PM in the first instance. We anticipate we would be looking to have someone in place late August/September time
We are a small friendly livery and training yard (www.templefarmsequestrian.com) - our liveries are all full or assisted plus we take in horses for training, sales, holiday livery etc and have our own show horses, plus broodmares and foals. Along with showing, we also do some SJ, dressage & ODE plus hunting in the winter.
Applicants would need to be 18-24 and must be able to drive so they can get to college. We can offer a live in position, and own horse by arrangement, with the chance to get the horse out competing with our own. The right candidate would be:
* a confident, competent rider happy to ride a range of horses including youngsters and not someone who has lost their nerve, is naturally lacking in confidence etc
* willing to take on all the jobs that working on a yard involves - including the less glamorous like poo picking! While there will be training in skills such as plaiting, clipping etc, and the chance to compete, the reality is that, as with most yards, there's plenty of routine day-to-day work to be done as well!
* cheerful and pleasant (especially if living in!) as we pride ourselves on being a happy, friendly yard
* a subscriber to non violent techniques as promoted by Monty Roberts, so if you prefer to give a horse a whack rather than work out why it's not going well, this is not the job for you!
Most apprenticenships last 12-18 months depending on the qualification and the right candidate may have a full time position at the end. We live in a very lovely part of the world, within easy access of York, Hull etc and already have a successful apprentice working in our farm business so fully support the scheme.
If you think you might be interested, PM in the first instance. We anticipate we would be looking to have someone in place late August/September time