Horse Trainer

Jack Archibald Polo Ponies is a livestock and equine sports breeding and training company

focused in Polo and cattle breeding.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Horse Trainer to take on a fulfilling role at

Jack Archibald Polo Ponies, with opportunities for both personal and professional

development. You will be confident in forming strong working relationships with colleagues,

clients and other stakeholders, and will be able to hit the ground running.

Duties:

• Preparing horses for breeding, including diet and physical training

• Inspecting and managing maintenance of stables

• Feeding and managing grooming of horses

• Maintaining horse health records (including immunisations) and working with

veterinarians to ensure horses are healthy and suitable for breeding in terms

• Tending to health and wellbeing of foals prior to transfer

• Monitoring pest and insecticide control

• Injury identification and treatment

• Sickness identification and treatment

• Behavioural and desensitisation training and management

• Handling foals and preparing them to get branded

Qualifications:

Applicant must have one of the following:

• AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training; OR

• AQF Certificate III must be specifically in equine studies

• AQF Certificate IV plus two years of post-qualification experience; OR

• Three (2) years of relevant experience

Skills

• Keen to learn and can work in a productive team environment.

• Willing to follow directions and able to complete tasks with great attention to detail

• Reliable, punctual, honest and well presented

• Experience working with horses essential

• Polo-specific horse training experience is required

• Experience with horse-riding essential

• Minimum 5+ years of horse-riding experience required

Required

• Valid full drivers licence