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Particulars of ordinary
Occupational Profile
For over 4000 years we’ve got labored in partnership with horses and cared for his or her wants. There are about one million horses (together with all home equine species, particularly horses, ponies, donkeys and their hybrids) stored for recreation and business use within the UK. The Equine Groom is a elementary occupational function in all equine companies, and important to an trade that contributes over £8bn to the British financial system every year. Horse industries are steeped in custom, but embrace innovation and know-how.
Apprentices might be getting into a vocational trade, the place they’ll anticipate to deal with quite a lot of horses in numerous working environments. They have to adhere to protected working practices, be ready to work in all climate situations and infrequently in “out of hours” conditions. They are going to be required to have dedication, dedication and the bodily and psychological toughness to deal with the rigours of the function. Dwelling on web site for half or the entire period of the apprenticeship could also be vital.
The occupation requires competent people who’re dedicated to the protection and welfare of the horses of their care. They may use their theoretical data and understanding, sensible expertise and empathy to take care of the horses’ bodily and psychological well-being inside a protected working setting. This can be a sensible, “fingers on” occupation the place apprentices will work below supervision individually or as a part of a various group. The Equine Groom is an integral half within the lifetime of the horse, offering important day-to-day care. They are going to be concerned with feeding, grooming, cleansing gear, dealing with, getting ready, exercising the horses and finishing up routine yard duties.
The Equine Groom may be required to help with the preparation of, transport to and look after horses at competitions, the races, gross sales, exhibits and different public appearances. Depending on which sector of the trade the Equine Groom has chosen, applicable individuals expertise might be important.
The Equine Groom apprentice might want to resolve by which sector of the trade they want to progress and choose the suitable occupational route.
| Obligation | Information | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Secure Working Practices | Present well being, security and safety necessities, insurance policies and procedures together with Private Protecting Gear (PPE). Guidelines and Codes of Follow and ethics related to the office. | Work safely and effectively always and adjust to present well being, security and safety insurance policies and procedures (together with PPE). |
| Yard and Discipline Routines and Duties | Routine yard and subject duties and horse husbandry. The rules of stabling and grassland care. Insurance policies and procedures for brand new horse(s) arriving on the yard. The way to minimise waste and environmental and sustainable working practices. | Perform all yard and subject duties to incorporate mucking out, skipping out, tidying and cleansing the yard, watering and feeding. Assess suitability of stabling and grassland environments for horses together with checking for hazards and so on. Help with the arrival of a brand new horse to the yard, following present yard procedures and measures to stop and management the unfold of illness. |
| Horse Anatomy, Physiology and Welfare | Equine terminology used to explain horses. Primary anatomy and physiology, together with the digestive and skeletal methods. The core rules of horse welfare (together with well being) and care of the sick horse. The fundamentals of present authorized welfare necessities. The significance of routine well being care and file conserving together with veterinary reviews, passports, vaccinations, worming, farriery and dentistry, and so on. | Recognise, determine and describe horses together with intercourse, peak, kind, colors and markings. Establish fundamental anatomy, to incorporate factors of the horse. Recognise indicators of excellent and poor welfare (together with unwell well being) and examine for accidents. Report related data and help with medical therapy and different trade specialists, together with Senior Groom, Dentist, Farrier, Veterinary surgeon. Make sure the horses’ welfare earlier than and after train or journey. |
| Horse Dealing with, Care and Look | The horses’ pure instincts, psychological skills and the rules of how horses behave and be taught; the completely different strategies of protected dealing with in numerous conditions. The core rules of horse care together with feeding, watering, grooming and foot care. The fundamentals of trimming, clipping and plaiting. | Deal with quite a lot of horses within the office to incorporate tying up, main, trotting up, turning out and catching in. Recognise several types of feed and hay and examine their high quality. Groom a horse together with checking toes and sneakers. Reveal trimming and plaiting. |
| Saddlery and Gear | Widespread office saddlery, gear and clothes used and how one can preserve it. A fundamental consciousness of discipline-specific saddlery and gear. | Match quite a lot of frequent saddlery, gear and horse clothes. Take away, clear and retailer frequent saddlery and gear. Test the protected and efficient working situation of all saddlery, gear and clothes |
| Travelling Horses | Present office rules and authorized necessities regarding business transport of horses. | Put together horse(s) for journey utilizing applicable clothes and gear. Help with loading and unloading earlier than and after journey. |
| Non-Ridden Train | A wide range of non-ridden train procedures used within the completely different workplaces. | Put together for and supply quite a lot of applicable non-ridden train together with an introduction to lungeing. |
| Obligation | Behaviours |
|---|---|
| Secure Working | Keep protected working practices, which have to be adhered to always with fixed situational consciousness and flexibility to make sure security of the horse, themselves and others. Have the flexibility to work effectively to satisfy time deadlines and organisational necessities. |
| Work Ethic | Have a powerful work ethic, a willingness to be taught. Be respectful, punctual, dependable, reliable and diligent and ready to work irregular hours, in all weathers. Take a delight of their work, displaying dedication and loyalty, while conducting themselves in an expert method. |
| Accountability | Have duty for themselves, others and the equines of their care, displaying respect, empathy, endurance and tolerance in all conditions. Work with strategies that scale back any danger of harm to horses, themselves or others. Develop the life expertise required to stay independently. |
| Group Work | Have the flexibility to work each individually and as a part of a various group as required, understanding their function and altering priorities when the state of affairs dictates. Present respect to their fellow employees. |
| Communication | Respect the necessity for confidentiality and cling to knowledge safety insurance policies. Talk successfully with colleagues, supervisors, guests and purchasers. Present good interpersonal expertise and precisely report any issues, incidents and abnormalities. Know when to ask for recommendation or steerage. Use social media responsibly. |
Occupational Routes The apprentice will choose one of many 5 specialised routes with further data and expertise:-
| Obligation | Route particular data | Route particular expertise |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Breeding | Rules of equine copy to incorporate the preliminary mating selections, the significance of teasing, monitoring being pregnant and weaning. Particular rules of care and welfare together with well being associated to sustaining breeding equines and offspring. Strategies, gear and know-how at the moment used to breed and register equines. The fundamentals of getting ready equines for business or non-public sale. The primary illnesses regarding breeding equines and the related trade Codes of Follow. Issues which will occur with overlaying stallions, foaling mares and youngstock all through their early years. | Reveal fundamental protected competence in dealing with equines used for breeding functions together with aiding with teasing and overlaying. Observe the onset of, and help if required, foaling of an equine and following on procedures. Reveal an consciousness of reproductive standing; together with the interpretation of teasing outcomes and the specialist care of breeding equines in any respect levels of the reproductive cycle. Recognise the significance of; and take part in, the upkeep of illness management inside an equine breeding inhabitants. Help with the work of breeding trade specialists; utilizing gear, equipment and know-how appropriately as directed. Help with the preparation and present of equines of various ages, as directed, for business and/or non-public sale. |
| 2. Driving | All elements of a single set of harness. The right single harness to make use of with two and 4 wheeled autos with unbiased shafts. Appropriate match of single harness to 2 and 4 wheeled autos. The procedures for harnessing up and placing to with an assistant and protected areas to take action. The fundamental rules of cleansing leather-based and composite leather-based harness. Cleansing of wood and metallic autos, protected storage of two and 4 wheeled autos. The core rules of lengthy reining for train and the gear used. | Harness up and put to with an assistant a single turnout in each a two and 4 wheeled car. Act as a groom/ backstepper in exercising/present/trials (choose one self-discipline). Train horses/ponies in a non driving setting, to have the ability to lunge or longrein in an enclosed space, in a circle for train functions. Drive a quiet pleasure single turnout in an enclosed space demonstrating protected rein dealing with, turns to the left and proper, within the stroll and trot. To have the ability to halt. Mount and dismount in a protected method. Reveal protected use of the whip. Take horse out of car with help and unleash horse in a protected method. |
Along with the above specialist Racing data and expertise, Equine Groom apprentices taking the Racing Route might be required to pick out onemof two racing pathways as follows:- i)Racing Train Groom- Present ridden train regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses in response to directions, safely and in management, with a superb, safe and balanced place, consistent with yard and trade observe. Assist the work of the Racing Yard Primarily based Grooms. Keep trade weight necessities and be sufficiently match to experience for as much as six hours a day. ii)Racing Yard Primarily based Groom – Present non-ridden train regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses safely and in response to instruction. Assist the work of the Racing Train Grooms. Contribute to yard based mostly trade file conserving, function gear, equipment and know-how appropriately to help with the efficient organisation and upkeep of the business racing enterprise premises.
| Obligation | Route particular data | Route particular expertise |
|---|---|---|
| 3.Racing | The Thoroughbred racehorse as a excessive efficiency equine athlete and the particular train regimes used within the racing trade to organize and prepare horses to race. The particular routines for working in a racing yard and taking horses racing together with how one can look after horses previous to and after strenuous work and racecourse efficiency. The regulatory necessities for adhering to trade coverage and observe, together with safety procedures within the yard, on the races and at public gross sales venues. Technical racing phrases and vocabulary, the racing trade construction and key organisations. The trade protocol for taking a horse racing and how one can lead up a Thoroughbred racehorse on the races | Deal with Thoroughbred racehorses out and in of full coaching. Match quite a lot of specialist racing gear and tack. Perform the particular routines required in a racing yard and in taking horses racing, complying with trade regulatory necessities, coverage and observe. Present train regimes to racehorses as directed and successfully look after horses previous to and after strenuous work and racecourse efficiency. Put together and lead up a Thoroughbred racehorse on the races in accordance with trade observe and the Guidelines of Racing. Present after race care together with compliance with trade laws and post-race dope testing procedures. |
Along with the above specialist Racing data and expertise, Equine Groom apprentices taking the Racing Route might be required to pick out onemof two racing pathways as follows:- i)Racing Train Groom- Present ridden train regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses in response to directions, safely and in management, with a superb, safe and balanced place, consistent with yard and trade observe. Assist the work of the Racing Yard Primarily based Grooms. Keep trade weight necessities and be sufficiently match to experience for as much as six hours a day. ii)Racing Yard Primarily based Groom – Present non-ridden train regimes to Thoroughbred racehorses safely and in response to instruction. Assist the work of the Racing Train Grooms. Contribute to yard based mostly trade file conserving, function gear, equipment and know-how appropriately to help with the efficient organisation and upkeep of the business racing enterprise premises.
| Obligation | Route particular data | Route particular expertise |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Driving | The basic significance of adopting an accurate driving place. Completely different driving kinds applicable to completely different disciplines and conditions. Faculty guidelines and laws. Driving terminology together with paces/ aids/ faculty figures. The way to experience within the open with consideration for climate, hazards and various terrain. The usage of pole work to incorporate distances of trot poles and fundamental rules of leaping The Freeway and Nation Code and protected protocol for driving on the street and public locations. The significance of driving in response to instruction. An consciousness of buyer wants and the way this will affect buyer care. | Undertake an applicable fundamental driving place. Journey an skilled/schooled horse in response to instruction, independently and as a part of a gaggle in an enclosed space. Journey in a balanced, safe place displaying management in stroll, trot and canter, working with and with out stirrups while demonstrating actions i.e. circles, turns, and so on. Journey within the open, in a ahead seat in response to instruction with management, safety and stability. Journey with a balanced, safe, ahead seat over floor poles at trot to allow development to experience, the place sensible, over a brief course of fences with management, safety and stability. Journey on the street or in public locations in response to laid down procedures, Freeway and Nation Codes. Open & shut a gate while mounted. Negotiate on a regular basis obstacles/hazards with management, safety and stability. Journey a quiet horse while main one other quiet horse or pony. |
| 5. Non-Driving | The significance of inventory rotation and upkeep and storage of provides and gear. What’s concerned in sustaining an institution and the way this may be organised. An consciousness of buyer wants and the way this will affect buyer care. Applicable workplace duties together with answering the phone, processing data and fundamental IT system and expertise used within the office. The advantages and observe of lungeing and the gear concerned. | Help with storage of provides and inventory rotation. Contribute to the organisation and upkeep of multinational. Interact with prospects and determine their wants. Help with applicable workplace duties together with answering the phone, processing data and use office IT methods. Contribute to yard based mostly data together with passports, vaccinations, worming, farriery, dentistry and so on. Help and help Driving Grooms and supply non-ridden train regimes. Put together for and lunge a horse for train in an enclosed space in response to instruction. |
Length
The Apprenticeship would usually take 12-18 months.
English and Maths
Apprentices with out degree 1 English and maths might want to obtain this degree and take the check for degree 2 English and maths previous to completion of their Apprenticeship.
Degree
This can be a Degree 2 Apprenticeship.
Evaluation
3 years or when important change is required.
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