Working StudentHawaii

Job Description

Care for a herd of 20 horses on 30 acres of ranch pastures surrounded by tropical vegetation, a covered arena, roundpen, and outdoor jumps. Ride or work with 2-6 horses a day in a program of training, teaching, ranch riding, competing, breeding.

Requirements

Care and feeding of the horses and ranch small animals. Handling horses, foals. Exercise and school horses, assist with training and teaching lessons. Water arena, clean tack, mix feed, stack feed, clean water troughs, etc.

Required Skills

Riding; Driving license; Schooling; Exercising.

Accommodation

Studio which includes utilities, meals, snacks. May be shared by one other student.

Benefits

Extensive instruction in all facets of horsemanship including dressage, eventing, proprioception, foal handling, starting young stock, retrains, teaching, basic veterinary care, natural hoof trimming, stable management, range management, etc.

The Facility

Wanted: Motivated Working Student (Live-in available) for a specialty private natural horsemanship ranch on the lovely Big Island of Hawaii, USA.

Learn the why and how of equine behavior and round-pen psychology. Learn horsemanship where it begins-the horse. Learn his language, his mind-his ways. When he speaks to you, do you hear him, or are you talking over him?

Care for a herd of 16-18 horses on 20 acres of ranch pastures surrounded by national park forest and ranch land. Expect to ride or work with 2-6 horses a day in a ranch setting encompassing breeding, training, teaching, competing, farriery, ranch-riding. Bring horsemanship to new levels.

Instructor is a licensed Dressage/Eventing Judge/Technical Delegate with the United States Equestrian Federation and has been Certified with the American Riding Instructors Association. Director is an alumnus of the noted native Hawaiian institute, Kamehameha Schools.