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Cassandra
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, 03082, USA
About
- Jobseeker No
- 416758
- Status
- Not Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 24
- Location
- Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, 03082, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Staff Management/PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor/ Barn Staff
- Height
- 1.55m = 5' 1"
- Weight
- 53 kgs = 8 st 4 lb
- Smoke
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Locations
- (New Hampshire: Lyndeborough, 100 miles)
- Work Types
- Permanent
- Work Times
- Full-time
- Comments
- would require housing on-site or within walking distance of the farm.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Equine Studies (UNH) PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor (Sept. 2023) Staff Management
Documents
Duties of Current Occupation
Handle/Manage any situations involving barn staff (training/mediate issues amongst staff/scheduling/assist) Ordering supplies and handling grain deliveries Teach both abled bodied/ and therapeutic riding lessons (unmounted/mounted) to all ages
Equine Work Experience
- Graduated UNH - Bachelor's degree in Equine Studies
- 6 yrs. of English riding experience
- 8 yrs. working with/handling horses
- can lunge horses
- knowledgeable about equine health/body language (can take Temp, pulse, respiratory rates, can spot signs of colic and have handled many colic situations throughout the years, spot overall signs of discomfort, identify lameness / change in the horse's way of moving, basic first aid/ administer oral medications, have enough knowledge to identify situations when a vet needs to be called immediately, etc.
- Seasoned stable hand and am very familiar with barn chores and how barns run, can work independently or as part of a team (comfortable with double leading horses during turnout)
Specialities
- PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding instructor
- Staff Management
- Hunt Seat
- Barn Chores / knowledgeable on most aspects of equine care
Type of Ride Work
- Huntseat: can walk, trot, canter comfortable (sitting/halfseat) - small amount of jumping experience - can ride both ponies and horses, although am mostly put on ponies
- currently schooling for lesson program - ensuring horses are safe for the lesson students - exercising horses (lunge/ under saddle)
Key Skills
- Riding
- First-Aid
- Equine First-Aid
- Schooling
- Lunging
- Teaching
- Sole Charge
- Exercising
- People Skills
Areas of Expertise
- Riding School
- Working with children
- Working with the disabled
- Hunter Seat
- Equine Photography/Videography