Darren
Edinburgh, UK
About
- Jobseeker No
- 121294
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Location
- Edinburgh, EH8, UK
- Nationality
- UK
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Groom/assitant rider
- Height
- 1.83m = 6' 0"
- Weight
- 70 kgs = 11 st 0 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- Work Types
- Permanent; Contract
- Work Times
- Full-time
- Notice Required
- 4 week(s)
- Minimum Pay
- from €1,600 month
- Comments
- I am hard working, very reliable, trust worthy and a nice guy :-) I am very professional and expect the same from the boss/rider. We have a job to do, so lets do it :-) No Snobbery please, there is always someone better. Work for it! And Inspire :-)
Qualifications
NC in Horse Mangement and HNC in Horse Mangement (same as BHS stage 4), BHS stage 2 riding, riding and road safety certificate. Lift truck operator certificate ( for jcb Loadall).Chainsaw crosscutting cert.1 day first-aider cert. Swedish massage cert, Dipolma in Sport and remedial massage. I now have my class 1 hgv licence.
Documents
BHS Exams
BHS Stage 2
Duties of Current Occupation
I have worked 4 years now as an international showjumping groom up to 5* in Germany. I am also qualified in Sports massage (for people), level 5 trained in London.
Equine Work Experience
Started to ride at the age of 5, i have been to college for 2 years studying horse management, Then 3 years working as a rider/groom at Paul Schockemohle's stable in Germany, i then spent 4 months riding work for Nicky Henderson in Lambourn. 4 months for Graham Fletcher before spending 2 1/2 years with Sharn Wordley back in europe. 1 year for Jan tops in the Netherlands before going to Australia where i rode work for Gai Waterhouse, and Ingham Bloodstock. Recently i have worked 41/2 years for Newsells Park Stud in england, and Gut Einhaus in Germany. I have also worked as a professional show groom for Jan Sprehe in Germany going to International Shows up to 4* for 13 months before going onto groom for David Will who works for Dietmar Gugler Equestrian Center GmbH & Co. KG where i had been working from March 2011 and going to world cup shows and top league nations cups 5* for germany, up until the end of May 2014. After working for David Will,I decided to retire from show competitions
Specialities
I did 6 months 2014-15 at Oakingham Stud in England. Jewel Court stud 8 oct 2015- 7 June 2017. Derin Dermisoy 9 June 2017 - Oct 2019.
Grooming at shows to a very high standard, exercise showjumpers, exercise race horses. Pub work (2 years experience). Driving telescopic forklifts (5 years driving a JCB). General gardening and estate work. And giving remedial sports massage on humans to help prevention and recovery of injury, or swedish massage to help relax the body for feeling of welbeing.
Type of Ride Work
I can and have riden varies horses from 2 year olds on the flat work to riding older showjumpers that have been to the olympics and competed internationally at the top. I can exercise the horse on the flat doing all normal dressage moves.
Competition Details
No competions