Horseback Riding Instructor

1. Horseback Riding Instructor By: Kim Waite Period 7 Kim Waite

2. Experience Needed • Respectable horseback riding • Patience and tolerance of all students • Noteworthy communication skills to all age groups • Motivation and encouragement skill • First aid skills • If I am self-employed then business skills would be a bonus, but I do not need any particular level of education • If I am not self-employed then a high school diploma or the finishing of my freshman year in college and a clean criminal record is required to be employed https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/PlanningYourCareer/JobProfiles/JobProfile0458/Pages/default.aspx http://www.horsebackridingjobs.com/northeastern.html

3. Do I Want to get Serious? ARIA or the American Riding Instructors Association • Through the ARIA I may receive a certificate from the American Riding Instructor Certification Program (ARICP), which will open up many more opportunities • This proves I’m committed, dedicated, and educated • Will provide possible insurance discounts • It’s not a certificate that you buy, it is something you have to earn through evaluation • The ARICP is a national credential • It puts me in a directory to be discovered by students and in a quarterly magazine, Riding Instructor; therefore, improving advertisement http://www.riding-instructor.com/certification/why_certified.php

4. What Needs to be Known? • I need to be aware of the investments included in the business • May include horses, hay, facilities, tack, etc. • I need to know what money needs to be spent on and when it needs to be spent • When do horses need shod or trimmed, when do you need to buy more hay, etc. • A common knowledge of horses, safety, and correct procedures when around them. • Lesson plans, availability, limitations, and your own experience level • What discipline I want to teach and am capable of teaching Kim Waite

5. Show me the Money! • $28,000-$42,000 if I work at a camp • The general hourly wage of self-employment runs from $20-$50 • Why does the price vary? • Location • How well I am known • Availability • Disciplines and what I excel in • Advertising • I offer equipment and horses vs. they provide their own http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071022073418AAvzYBE, Equestrian Horseback Riding Instructor – How much do instructors earn?, 2011

6. What am I Getting Myself Into? • I am expected to know how to ride and handle different situations on horseback • I should know how to answer questions the students may have • The students should benefit and learn from what I have taught them • I need to realize that even domesticated horses are completely unpredictable • I should know how to deal with emergencies involving both students and horses • I am expected to be capable of helping and teaching students of all levels • I should be prepared and aware of what I will be teaching that day • It’s very necessary for me to listen to what the student has to say and know when he/she is or isn’t ready for something Kim Waite

7. What are the Different Disciplines? • Western • Gymkhana, teampenning/sorting, western pleasure, trail, reining, cutting, freestyle, halter and horsemanship, and etc. • English • Gymkhana, cross-country, steeplechasing, fox hunting, hunter hack, jumping, show jumping (stadium), saddle seat, equitation, dressage, english pleasure, and etc. http://www.equestrianoutreach.com/Equestrian-Outreach-Riding-Style-English-Page.html http://www.westernriding.org/disc.html

8. Reining Western Pleasure http://www.google.com/imgres?q=fancy+western+pleasure&hl=en&safe=active&gbv=2&biw=784&bih=570&tbm=isch&tbnid=_M4d-cObfotdJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.paintcreekstables.com/exec/search.cgi%3Fsearch%3D1%26lfield7_match%3DGelding%26template%3D_search_results-geldings.html&docid=-COxVbwGUTqlSM&imgurl=http://www.paintcreekstables.com/listings/images/22_4.jpg&w=1384&h=994&ei=n3e5TuCNHMmA2wWzruzABw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=243&vpy=246&dur=78&hovh=190&hovw=265&tx=182&ty=121&sig=115607908822653256459&page=1&tbnh=111&tbnw=153&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0 http://www.merchantcircle.com/directory/TX-Elgin-78621/gallery

9. Steeplechasing Dressage Fox Hunting Jumping http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&q=steeplechasing&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=52934l55902l0l56199l16l15l1l2l2l0l320l2659l0.6.4.2l12l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=784&bih=577&wrapid=tlif132034199042411&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&q=dressage&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=40756l42591l0l42758l8l7l0l0l0l0l266l1266l1.3.3l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=784&bih=577&wrapid=tlif132034214656811&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi http://www.hilltophousebb.com/horse--hunt-country-copy-2/ http://equineink.com/2008/08/28/how-high-can-a-horse-jump-think-8-feet-plus/

10. Egg and Spoon Cloverleaf Barrel Race Polebending Ribbon Race http://simplyyou.smugmug.com/Animals http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=egg+and+spoon+gymkhana&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=69l7818l0l7966l30l17l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=784&bih=577&wrapid=tlif132034143439710&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi http://www.stansemuskiephotography.com/Events

11. Rewards Versus Drawbacks Drawbacks include: • Risking my health and well being because horses are a very unpredictable and dangerous animal • It takes real dedication and I will never stop learning myself because can never know everything there is to know • Everything in the “horse world” is expensive!!!! Rewards include: • Flexibility of the job • I can create my own schedule • There are no programs or specific levels of education required • With good business I will make great money • Watching your students succeed

12. Works Consulted http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071022073418AAvzYBE http://equineink.com/2008/08/28/how-high-can-a-horse-jump-think-8-feet-plus/ https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/PlanningYourCareer/JobProfiles/JobProfile0458/Pages/default.aspx http://simplyyou.smugmug.com/Animals http://www.equestrianoutreach.com/Equestrian-Outreach-Riding-Style-English-Page.html http://www.google.com/imgres?q=egg+and+spoon+gymkhana&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=784&bih=577&tbm=isch&tbnid=qkPXR-dmZ8_8rM:&imgrefurl=http://braymere.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html&docid=qr1zMaPuXC8nTM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WMLJW9X6BqU/SrqU6kLcgII/AAAAAAAAGL4/ekfbD4ozXH8/s400/egg.jpg&w=400&h=266&ei=xs-yTsKjHYK3tgeciuH4Cw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=105&vpy=179&dur=226&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=207&ty=63&sig=112154523253787585155&page=4&tbnh=159&tbnw=209&start=24&ndsp=6&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:24 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=fancy+western+pleasure&hl=en&safe=active&gbv=2&biw=784&bih=570&tbm=isch&tbnid=_M4d-cObfotdJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.paintcreekstables.com/exec/search.cgi%3Fsearch%3D1%26lfield7_match%3DGelding%26template%3D_search_results-geldings.html&docid=-COxVbwGUTqlSM&imgurl=http://www.paintcreekstables.com/listings/images/22_4.jpg&w=1384&h=994&ei=n3e5TuCNHMmA2wWzruzABw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=243&vpy=246&dur=78&hovh=190&hovw=265&tx=182&ty=121&sig=115607908822653256459&page=1&tbnh=111&tbnw=153&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0 http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=784&bih=577&q=beautiful+landscapes&gbv=2&oq=beautiful+landscapes&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=619l5166l0l5275l20l10l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&safe=active#hl=en&safe=active&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=beautiful+landscape&oq=beautiful+landscape&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=21533l21533l0l21768l1l1l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=68e3ed0c64601a9d&biw=784&bih=577 http://www.hilltophousebb.com/horse--hunt-country-copy-2/ http://www.horsebackridingjobs.com/northeastern.html http://www.riding-instructor.com/certification/why_certified.php http://www.stansemuskiephotography.com/Events http://www.westernriding.org/disc.html