Equine Groom Apprenticeship
LISCOMBE PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE LIMITED
BEDFORSHIRE (LU7 0JL)
Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
Posted on 23 July 2025
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Summary
Liscombe Park Equestrian Centre are a big, busy livery yard and riding school who are offering a fantastic position for a Level 2 Equine Groom apprentice to join them!
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Equine groom (level 2)
- Hours
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Hours are 40 per week over 5 days, some weekend work to be expected.
Exact shifts TBC.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Liscombe Park Equestrian Centre have two yards with 30 stables on each, two outdoor arenas and one indoor arena and on-site café amongst other facilities. Their riding school has lessons throughout the daytime and early evening and weekends.
Liscombe have nearly 100 horses, a mixture of full livery, working livery and riding school horses and ponies.
Your job as an apprentice will be to support the other team members by catching in, turning out, mucking out etc.
Jobs will include but are not limited to:
- Mucking out
- Turning out/bringing in
- Tack cleaning
- Tacking up
- Feeding
- Filling hay nets
- Rug changing
- Holding for vet/farrier/dentist
Where you'll work
LISCOMBE PARK ESTATE
SOULBURY
BEDFORSHIRE
LU7 0JL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HADDON TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Equine groom (level 2)
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Training schedule
All training will be provided on site during your paid working hours. Your day to day mentoring will be with your employer, and a combination of online and in person monthly sessions will be held with your Haddon Training Trainer Coach.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Some equine experience would be beneficial to the successful candidate. There is no accommodation available with this position and it isn't accessible by public transport, so please make sure you can get there and back daily before applying. There is the possibility of livery for your own horse if required.
About this employer
Liscombe Park Equestrian Centre is a family owned and run business set in 350 acres of rolling countryside on the Bedfordshire / Buckinghamshire border. The Equestrian Centre offers a wide range of lessons, hacks and activities for all ages and abilities, 7 days a week. In January 2009, we opened a brand new indoor arena, with a 20m x 45m Martin Collins surface, a viewing gallery to seat 80 people, and a coffee shop serving hot and cold snacks and drinks.Alongside this arena, we have also built a new floodlit outdoor arena, with a 60m x 30m Cushionride surface. The Cross Country field can be ridden as an enclosed field, or, our more advanced riders can ride a bigger course, including water complex, ditches and banks. We can offer our clients hacking in the beautiful countryside around the private Liscombe Park Estate, with the added benefit of not having to ride on any roads.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of progression on to the Level 3 Senior Equine Groom for the right candidate, or standard employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HADDON TRAINING LIMITED
Haddon Training
Enquiries@haddontraining.co.uk
01443749000
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333306.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
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