Equine Groom Apprentice - Eventing
FIONA DAVIDSON EQUESTRIAN SERVICES LTD
Loughborough (LE12 6SY)
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 October 2025
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Summary
Fiona Davidson Eventing is a busy top-level eventing, production and sales yard offering a fantastic opportunity for a Level 2 or 3 Equine Groom Apprentice. You will gain hands-on experience in competition horse care, fitness work, grooming at events, and general yard duties.
- 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
- Senior equine groom (level 3)
- Hours
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Hours 40 per week over 5 days to include some weekend work.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 28 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
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
Riding opportunities are available for confident riders, with the chance to school and hack competition horses depending on ability. Non-riding applicants are also welcome.
If non-riding role, you could become competition groom both nationally and potentially internationally, or learn to run a busy production yard.
All general yard duties to include:
- Mucking out/sweeping
- Filling hay nets/water buckets
- Feeding
- Turning in and out/putting horses on and off horse walker
- Grooming/tacking up
- Preparing for shows
Where you'll work
111a
Main Street
Willoughby On The Wolds
Loughborough
LE12 6SY
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
Senior equine groom (level 3)
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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
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Passion for horses
About this employer
Fiona Davidson Eventing is a top-level eventing and training yard based in Leicestershire, run by experienced international event rider Fiona Davidson. The yard focuses on producing and competing event horses, as well as providing high-quality training and livery services in a professional, supportive environment.
After this apprenticeship
Level 2 can progress into Level 3 Senior Equine Groom Apprenticeship.
Level 3 - Can get full employment (for the right person).
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HADDON TRAINING LIMITED
Cynthia
cynthia.magama@haddontraining.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348198.
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Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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