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Superb Horse Riding Vacations on the Costa de la Luz in Andalusia, Spain.
You are in home / full time work
Full Time Groom Required
We are currently looking for a full time groom starting Summer 2008. The successful applicant for this position will help us with the smooth running of our yard and the care of our fifteen horses. The position is initially for a minimum period of 6 months, which may be extended.
To be considered for this position you must be over 25 years old and have at least two years previous experience working full time in the horse industry. You should be able to work on your own unsupervised and willing to share your knowledge with our working holiday guests. You should be a confident rider, capable of handling and riding youngsters, and have a good sound knowledge of basic horse first aid and lameness.
There will be a lot of contact with both our working holiday and riding guests, therefore applicants should have good people skills and an enthusiastic outlook on life. Applicants must have a full driving licence and be a confident driver able to drive a car with a manual gearbox.
Riding on Hierbabuena Beach
Barbate Harbour
Unspoilt Spain
We are based in the seaside town of Barbate where we have various apartments to accommodate our weekly guests, working holiday guests, our groom and ourselves. Barbate has a lovely beach and albeit a small town Barbate has plenty to offer. The town has supermarkets, clothes shops, internet cafes, bars, restaurants, etc. Barbate is 7kms from our farm where our horses live. The farm is located in the hamlet of San Ambrosio, situated at the centre of the Barbate nature reserve. The farm backs onto the nature reserve and allows immediate access to all our riding trails.
The Work
We operate a week long riding holiday, and have scheduled in weekly riding holidays all year round. However there are always some weeks when we do not have weekly guests booked on. This gives us all time to take life a bit easier, and concentrate on exercising new horses, or horses that are coming back into work after injury. The normal working day consists of 2.5 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon plus riding time when horses need to be exercised. The week is five working days and two full days off. This is normally a 30 hour week, plus any riding required during the week.
Barbate Promenade
Cape Trafalgar
Remuneration
In return we provide a private bedroom within a shared apartment with our guests on a working holiday adventure. The apartment contains a fully equipped kitchen with automatic washing machine and a lounge with UK satellite TV. We provide a car to travel to the horses, the car can also be used for private use locally, and petrol for the car is provided. A mobile phone is also provided for work and calls made from this phone are again covered by ourselves. The phone cannot be used to make international calls, but it is able to receive calls from abroad. We cover all the running costs of the apartment, phone and car and provide you with a wage that is ample to cover your living costs.
Ideal Applicant
The ideal applicant will;
- Be over 25
- Have a full driving licence and be confident driving a car with a manual gearbox
- Be a confident rider
- Have good people skills
- Be self motivated
- Have good knowledge of basic horse and human first aid
- Have experience working full time with horses
- Be conscientious and able to work unsupervised
- Be able to manage and pass on knowledge to our working holiday guests
Please note this is not a position for a trail guide.
If you are interested in this position please send your full CV, including details of your equestrian experience along with your height and weight to us.
Contacting Us
Please email us by clicking here, this link should open your email client in a new window with our email address already inserted. If the link doesn't work, or if you work with email using a web browser please send us an email to Caroline at:
info@fantasiaadventureholidays.com
Alternatively our postal address is:
Fantasia Adventure Holidays
Calle Martin Machuca P7-3A
11160 Barbate
Cadiz
Spain
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