Kate
Petersfield, Hampshire, UK
About
- Jobseeker No
- 389889
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 31
- Location
- Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31, UK
- Nationality
- UK
- Marital Status
- Cohabiting
- Occupation
- Small Animal veterinary orthopaedics
- Height
- 1.7m = 5' 6"
- Weight
- 80 kgs = 12 st 8 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- (Hampshire)
- Work Types
- Permanent; Contract
- Work Times
- Full-time
- Notice Required
- 4 week(s)
- Minimum Pay
- from £25,000
- Job Types
- Competition Groom; Dressage Groom; Eventing Groom; General Groom; Hunt Groom; Head Groom; Assistant Manager; General Manager; Yard/Barn Manager
- Facility Types
- Dressage; Eventing; Hunt; Livery; Private; Show Jumping
Bio
Professional, reliable and confident. Groomed to a high level in hunting, eventing and dressage. I am seeking a job I can re enter the equestrian industry to gain managerial skills and experience.Qualifications
NVQ and a lot of life experience
Documents
Duties of Current Occupation
I have worked as a paid professional groom in my teens and early twenties. I have also groomed unofficially for friends at stay away 3 day events and had sole charge of schedule and horse welfare. Currently I work in veterinary.
Equine Work Experience
I have extensive work with event horses. I worked on a professional eventing yard and have owned my own horses for 10+ years. I have worked as a groom at team chasing, and hunting. I am confident and calm with situations such as veterinary visits. Contacting vets and discussing ailments of horses. Liaising with owners/yard managers. As a horse owner myself I truely understand what is expected at top level livery services. I have worked on livery yards and have kept my own horses at several full/part/DIY yards.
Specialities
• I have worked with event horses, hunters, team chasers and dressage horses, injured/rehab horses
• I am a livery myself and have an intricate understanding of livery expectations
• I am effective and efficient at mucking out.
• I have an understanding that as much as I love the horses I care for and am passionate about the equine industry, the yard is a business and must be run as so.
• I am in the process of obtaining my HGV license
Type of Ride Work
I have ridden everything from young green horses, to rehabilitation horses. Eventers, DSG, SJ, event, hunter, ex race.
Competition Details
I have personally competed, to BE80, SJ, XC, Hunter trials, Showing. I have groomed at: BE, BSJA, Hunting, Trial Hunting, DSG, Team Chasing.