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Willem
Harare, HA, Zimbabwe
About
- Jobseeker No
- 415031
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Male
- Age
- 26
- Location
- Harare, HA, Zimbabwe
- Nationality
- Zimbabwe
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Horse Trainer and Yard Manager
- Height
- 1.82m = 5' 11"
- Weight
- 73 kgs = 11 st 6 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- Work Types
- Temporary; Permanent; Freelance
- Work Times
- Full-time; Part-time
- Notice Required
- 1 week(s)
Qualifications
Higher Certification in Animal Communication and Equine Behaviour BWSc (Animal Behavior and Psychology)
Documents
Duties of Current Occupation
I run a Safari Stable Yard in Africa, housing 30+ horses, managing international clientele. Our program runs throughout the year and has up to 14 clients weekly. I retrain ottb to be used in different disciplines and train riders.
Equine Work Experience
Grew up with horses, learnt to ride at a young age. Have owned horses throughout my life. Opened a Safari Stables program for international clients in Zimbabwe. Owned and worked with thoroughbreds during their racing careers then retrained and rehabilitated them into secondary careers such as polocrosse, showjumping, eventing and safari horses.
Specialities
Stable Yard Management: Training Horses, Breeding and Instructing Lead a team of grooms, trainers and instructors Daily client management on Horseback Safari Retrained and rehabilitated ottb’s
Type of Ride Work
Played professional polocrosse for several years, playing international juniors. Changed from polocrosse to showjumping in my late teens and continued with professional showjumping until shifting to eventing. Still compete in most of the above disciplines, however have shifted more to training of horses and running horseback safaris.
Competition Details
I have competed myself, and have been on the federation in zimbabwe for organizing competitions and assisting at competitions.
Key Skills
- Riding
- Driving license
- Drive Horsebox
- First-Aid
- Equine First-Aid
- Handling Youngstock
- Schooling
- Bandaging
- Teaching
- Exercising
- Starting/Breaking
- Competing
- Natural Horsemanship
- People Skills
Areas of Expertise
- Eventing
- Racing Flat
- Show Jumping
- Stud
- Working with children
- Flatwork
- Hacking
- Equine Photography/Videography