Equine Groom Apprentice

Millfield School is looking to recruit an apprentice to join our equine team.

Millfield School has a large Equestrian Centre which has space for over 40 horses with both indoor and outdoor arenas. Your duties will include caring for our ten riding school horses plus our student livery horses.

You will work 40 hours per week, which will include some weekend working and 8 hours for training. Applicants will need to be available to start from 6.45am.

Applicants will work alongside experienced staff and should have a passion for working with horses, enjoy working with teenage children/young adults as part of the role, and being part of a small team.

**The main duties will include**:

- Grooming
- Mucking out
- Trimming and clipping
- Plaiting
- Lunging training
- Riding and exercise of horses
- Health care
- Feeding
- Assisting with running of events
- Assisting with customer care and experience
- Functional skills if required

**Requirements**:
**Desired skills**
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical, Team working
- Creative, Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness

**Desired qualifications**

Apprentice**s **that have not completed level 1 English and Maths will need to study towards English and Maths qualifications during their apprenticeship. They will be required take the test for level 2 English and maths prior to completion of their Apprenticeship.

**Things to consider**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: From £6.40 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Work Location: In person