JOB SUMMARY

The Riding Instructor is responsible for teaching people to ride horses through a variety of methods, either in groups or one-on-one.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Teach students general horsemanship principles and skills and to ride in groups or individual lessons.
• Provide care, exercise, and behavior of lesson horses.
• Schedule lessons.
• Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.

SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE

• High School Degree preferred. 
• 2-3 years of experience in a horse facility. Knowledge of horses, horse care, and barn management.
• Previous equestrian teaching experience.
• Strong horsemanship skills and success as a rider.
• Knowledge of horses, horse care, and bar management.
• Excellent interpersonal, administrative, telephone and other communication skills.
• Computer proficiency with the ability to utilize MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated talent for interacting with a wide variety of people; ability to effectively organize and coordinate multiple priorities; ability to learn and develop new skills; ability to problem solve. 
• Ability to maintain confidentiality. 
• Excellent interpersonal, administrative, telephone and other communications skills.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit. Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise moves in a constantly changing environment. 
• Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to stand for the entire work day and to climb steps regularly. 
• Withstanding temperature extremes in barn, trails, and other outdoor weather conditions. 
• Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
• Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
• Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced environment.
• Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties. 

EQUIPMENT USED

• Typical office equipment (computers, phone system, fax, copiers, scanners, among others).
• Barn maintenance and horse riding equipment.