Experienced Equestrian Groom

seek.com.au; Glass House Mountains; On-site; AUD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Seek an experienced equestrian groom for a 20-acre property at Glass House Mountains, Queensland, caring for up to 6 young international dressage horses. Duties include feeding, mucking out stables, turning horses in/out, daily grooming and equipment care, plus basic maintenance of the stable area and surrounding yard and arena.

Occasional riding or lunging of 2–4 horses may be required; weekend work possible. Early starts around 6 am, roughly 20 hours per week, with flexibility.

Qualifications

• Must have proven experience with horses and a calm, patient approach.
• Strong references from previous positions in horse care or stock work.
• Self-motivated with ability to manage tasks independently in a rural setting.

Responsibilities

• Feed and care for up to 6 young dressage horses on a 20-acre property.
• Muck out stables/yards, manage paddocks and maintain stable areas and equipment.
• Groom horses daily, handle turnout and prep for training or competitions, assist with basic property maintenance.

Skills

Horse handling

Grooming

Stable maintenance

Lungeing/Riding

Tools

Horse care equipment

Job description

We are looking for an experienced equestrian groom to handle currently up to 6 young internationally bred dressage horses on a 20 acre property here at Glasshouse Mountains. The duties will include (but not limited too) feeding up morning (and may from time to time some late afternoon feeds ) mucking out of stables/yards and paddocks daily.

It will involve handling of young horses to and from paddocks, daily grooming and all care of all equipment and maintenance of stable area and feeds and care pf garden area surrounding stables and indoor arena area. The person will need to be able to handle 2 young fillies and may involve grooming at competitions with some weekend work involved from time to time.

The position may also suit an experienced rider to lunge and ride 2 -4 of the young horses , as new indoor dressage arena has now currently been built. It would also be highly desirable for basic property maintenance ( ie paddock fencing skills) and pump knowledge for water supplies to paddock.

The position is ideally suited for someone that live close to the property as 5 mornings or so per week, early start around 6 am and has a degree of flexibility with min of appox 20 hours per week.

We are seeking the right person that can show a high degree of care and history of experience with good references and may have done stock or station work with horses ( is not limited to a dressage background) who can be self managed and highly efficient with a calm personality around the horses.

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