If you already keep horses, this picks up where the basics stop. Feeds, stabling, shoeing, conditioning, tack and facility design. Built for owners and stable staff who want to do it better.
Feeds, bedding, mucking out and pasture. The daily work that keeps a horse sound.
Shoeing, exercise and conditioning. Knowing when a horse is ready and when it is not.
Stabling, tack fitting and facility design. Useful whether it is one horse or twelve.
Yards, riding schools and transport operators need reliable hands. The work is easy to picture. An early start, feeds out, boxes done before the rain.
The yard round, done right and on time.
Feeds, coats and daily condition checks.
Horses ready for lessons, tack fitted right.
Loading, travelling and settling on arrival.
Day to day care for privately kept horses.
Keeping gear safe, clean and fitted.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.
What the intermediate level adds over a beginner course.
Rachel H has over 20 years with animals, including vet clinics.
It assumes you know the fundamentals. The time goes into the next layer.
Credits are earned on completion for your development record.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
From the college, once the seven topics are done.
Earned on completion for your development record.
Something you can share on your SEEK profile.
Enquire and an advisor sends the guide and the topics.
Start any day. Pay weekly, or upfront in one go.
Work through it around the yard, at your own speed.
Take it to a yard, a school, or your own horses.
It is the intermediate level, so it assumes you know the basics. Start earlier if horses are new to you.
From $29 a week on a flexible plan, or pay upfront. Enquire to confirm current pricing.
About 100 hours across seven topics, with 6 months of access.
No. It suits owners, and people working at a yard or school.
It covers the foot and shoeing as knowledge. Farrier work itself is a separate trade with its own training.
None. Tutors support you by phone and email through business hours.
It comes from an ICOES accredited centre. The centre holds Official Accreditation with the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things. Yards hire on what you can do each morning.
There is a 10-Day Money-Back Guarantee from the day you enrol.
This course comes from The Career Academy, an online college in Christchurch.
The college has run over 15 years. It helps more than 25,000 students a year. Animal care tutor Rachel H has over 20 years in the industry. She has run a grooming business and worked in vet clinics.
Picture the morning the yard runs on your judgement, the feeds are yours to call, and the horses come in settled.