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Apprenticeship in Horse Care – Equine Groom Level 2
Location: NEWARK EQUESTRIAN, NEWARK (NG24 3NB)
Closing Date: 26 days from now (Saturday 31 October 2026)
Posted on: 2 October 2026
Wage: £12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age. National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices.
Training Course: Equine groom (level 2)
Hours: 30 hours per week. To be arranged with the employer.
Start Date: Saturday 7 November 2026
Duration: 1 year 1 month
Positions Available: 1
Summary
Day-to-day horse care, including the routine care and condition of the horses, preparing them for competition or riding, health care and treatment, exercising, grooming, trimming, and travelling.
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience. Duties will include all aspects of horse care e.g:
- Grooming
- Mucking out
- Trimming
- Plaiting
- Lunging
- Health care
- Travelling
- Feeding
- Grooming at competitions / riding
Joining an SCT Apprenticeship programme is a serious commitment. To achieve the qualification and be successful in your job, you will need to be hardworking, prepared to work outdoors in all weather and often at weekends. We do everything we can to help you achieve, but we also expect some things from you too:
- Always try your best
- Adhere to the Prevent Duty - promote British values: the rule of law, democracy and tolerance and mutual respect for others at all times, and keep yourself safe from extremism
- Be committed to improving your English and Maths skills and using them at work
- Complete the SCT Online Learning by the target dates
- Attend work and all off-the-job training sessions punctually and reliably
- Be polite, tidy, professional, organised, and cheerful
- Keep your Skillscheck at work and updated - allow time every week for this
- Complete work set in your Action Plans by the target dates
- Follow instructions
- Work safely, including on the internet
- Always ask if you are not sure about anything
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Please see the website for more information: www.stubbingcourttraining.com
Where you'll work: NEWARK EQUESTRIAN, CODDINGTON ROAD, BALDERTON, NEWARK, NG24 3NB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider: STUBBING COURT TRAINING LIMITED
Training Course: Equine groom (level 2)
What you'll learn:
- Work safely and efficiently at all times and comply with current health, safety, and security policies and procedures (including PPE).
- Carry out all typical yard and field routine duties to include mucking out, skipping out, tidying, and cleaning the yard, watering, and feeding.
- Assess suitability of stabling and grassland environments for horses including checking for hazards etc.
- Assist with the arrival of a new horse to the yard, following current yard procedures and measures to prevent and control the spread of disease.
- Recognise, identify, and describe horses including sex, height, type, colours, and markings.
- Identify anatomy of the horse to include the bones of the lower limb, points of the horse, and the position of the major internal organs.
- Recognise signs of good and poor welfare (including ill health) and check for injuries.
- Report relevant information and assist with medical treatment and other industry specialists, including Senior Groom, Dentist, Farrier, Veterinary Surgeon.
- Ensure the horses’ welfare before and after exercise or travel.
- Handle a variety of horses in the workplace to include tying up, leading, trotting up, turning out, and catching in.
- Recognise different types of feed and hay and check their quality.
- Groom a horse including checking feet and shoes.
- Demonstrate trimming and plaiting.
- Fit a variety of common saddlery, equipment, and horse clothing.
- Remove, clean, and store common saddlery and equipment.
- Check the safe and effective working condition of all saddlery, equipment, and clothing.
- Prepare horse(s) for travel using appropriate clothing and equipment.
- Assist with loading and unloading before and after travel.
- Prepare for and provide a variety of appropriate non-ridden exercise including fitting and use of lungeing equipment.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, visitors, and clients whilst showing good interpersonal skills.
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Requirements
Desirable qualifications:
- GCSE in: Maths & English (grade 1-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills:
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Equestrian Centre
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). Progression from level 2 to level 3.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
- Company: STUBBING COURT TRAINING LIMITED
- Contact Person: Kelly Salt
- Email: info@stubbingcourttraining.com
- Phone: 07894049647
Reference code: VAC2000056985
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Closes in 26 days from now (Saturday 31 October 2026)
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