Land Based Studies – Horse Care Pathway

Land Based Studies – Horse Care Pathway

Learn the essential skills to start your career working with Horses on our Level 1 Horse Care course. If your GCSEs were not what you expected, this course is an ideal starting point in order to progress onto Level 2.

You will learn the essential skills and knowledge associated with horse care including: feeding, cleaning and exercising and general care.

Caring for horses can be an extremely fulfilling and rewarding career and there are a wide range of options available on successful completion of your course.

Our top class facilities include stabling for 24 horses, horse walker, solarium, and covered practical area, 20m x 60m indoor arena with viewing gallery and 30m x 60m outdoor arena. We provide a range of horses to suit all abilities including cobs, thoroughbreds, young horses and competition horses.

What you will learn Entry requirements Work experience Progression Bicton College

What you will learn

Learn the basic skills to start your career working with horses.

This course includes plenty of practical hands-on sessions to build those all-important practical skills.

Entry requirements

GCSE English and Maths at Grade 2 or 3 plus two additional GCSE’s or equivalent qualifications at Entry Level 3.

Work experience

As part of your course you will be required to carry out 60 hours of internal work placement.

Progression

Continue your studies on a full-time course, such as our Level 2 Technical certificate in Horse care.

Bicton College

Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.

What You Will Learn

Learn the basic skills to start your career working with horses.

This course includes plenty of practical hands-on sessions to build those all-important practical skills.

Entry Requirements

GCSE English and Maths at Grade 2 or 3 plus two additional GCSE’s or equivalent qualifications at Entry Level 3.

Work Experience

As part of your course you will be required to carry out 60 hours of internal work placement.

Progression

Continue your studies on a full-time course, such as our Level 2 Technical certificate in Horse care.

Bicton College

Bicton College

Bicton College is based in East Devon, near Exeter, and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just two miles from the Jurassic Coast. The historic Georgian mansion, commercial farm, animal husbandry school, modern veterinary nursing building, world-class engineering and heavy plant machinery workshop, walled garden and arboretum are all set in over 200 hectares of historic parkland.

Case studies

I studied Equine Studies and now work as a mounted police officer for Avon and Somerset Police. Having joined Devon and Cornwall Police in 2007 as a police officer, I pursued my ambition to become a mounted police officer in 2015 with Avon & Somerset Police. Equine is very much worth doing if you want to work with horses, it is a good course to help you expand your knowledge and improve your riding ability. You will thoroughly enjoy it if you want a practical hands on course.