Please click the tabs to view the varying apprenticeship pathways open to Haddon Training apprentices.
There are four pathways you can take depending on the type of employer you start an apprenticeship with. You’ll need to demonstrate the required knowledge and skills at each level to complete the one you choose.
The non-riding pathway is aimed at apprentices who are passionate about the care and welfare of the horse without wanting to ride. You will complete a combination of mandatory and optional units, the latter will depend on the type of yard you work on.
At Level 3 you could learn how to clip a horse, prepare horses for competitions and care for them after the event.
You will combine horse care with the riding pathway. You will complete a combination of mandatory and optional units, the latter will depend on the type of yard you work on.
At Level 3 you could learn how to ride horses for exercise, ride schooled horses on the flat and over jumps to maintain training.
This pathway is for apprentices working in a competition horse, or Thoroughbred stud; it combines horse care with specialist breeding units.
At Level 3 you will learn how to prepare a mare for covering, attend to a mare and foal during foaling, handle stallions, and maintain stud documentation.
These qualifications enable you to gain your BHSQ’s as part of our apprenticeship delivery.
If you choose this route, you should have completed the Stage 1 and Stage 2 BHSQ qualification prior to beginning our Level 2 Apprenticeship*
BHSQ Stage 3 Groom, Care and Lunge
On completion you will:
- Have the knowledge to manage day-to-day activity, care and welfare of horses under your responsibility, with an established awareness of current legislation for working within a stable yard environment
- Show competence in understanding equine behaviour, physiology and measuring vital health signs
- Be able to recognise and treat common conditions and nutritional requirements of the horse, including assessment of condition and measurement of nutrition alongside fittening of the horse
- Know how to fit tack for both flatwork and jumping, in addition to the use of studs
We can also offer the BHSQ Stage 4 Senior Yard Manager qualification for those who wish to progress further. Please click here for more information on this.
*Please contact us if you are unsure whether you meet this requirement
- Pathways
Please click the tabs to view the varying apprenticeship pathways open to Haddon Training apprentices.
There are four pathways you can take depending on the type of employer you start an apprenticeship with. You’ll need to demonstrate the required knowledge and skills at each level to complete the one you choose.
- Horse Care (Non-Riding)
The non-riding pathway is aimed at apprentices who are passionate about the care and welfare of the horse without wanting to ride. You will complete a combination of mandatory and optional units, the latter will depend on the type of yard you work on.
At Level 3 you could learn how to clip a horse, prepare horses for competitions and care for them after the event.
- Horse Care and Riding
You will combine horse care with the riding pathway. You will complete a combination of mandatory and optional units, the latter will depend on the type of yard you work on.
At Level 3 you could learn how to ride horses for exercise, ride schooled horses on the flat and over jumps to maintain training.
- Breeding
This pathway is for apprentices working in a competition horse, or Thoroughbred stud; it combines horse care with specialist breeding units.
At Level 3 you will learn how to prepare a mare for covering, attend to a mare and foal during foaling, handle stallions, and maintain stud documentation.
- British Horse Society Exams
These qualifications enable you to gain your BHSQ’s as part of our apprenticeship delivery.
If you choose this route, you should have completed the Stage 1 and Stage 2 BHSQ qualification prior to beginning our Level 2 Apprenticeship*
BHSQ Stage 3 Groom, Care and Lunge
On completion you will:
- Have the knowledge to manage day-to-day activity, care and welfare of horses under your responsibility, with an established awareness of current legislation for working within a stable yard environment
- Show competence in understanding equine behaviour, physiology and measuring vital health signs
- Be able to recognise and treat common conditions and nutritional requirements of the horse, including assessment of condition and measurement of nutrition alongside fittening of the horse
- Know how to fit tack for both flatwork and jumping, in addition to the use of studs
We can also offer the BHSQ Stage 4 Senior Yard Manager qualification for those who wish to progress further. Please click here for more information on this.
*Please contact us if you are unsure whether you meet this requirement
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