Working with horses in Australia

A wide range of equine and equestrian roles are available all year round and offer the perfect chance to develop skills, gain experience or pursue your passion. The roles are available as 365 for up to 12 months and 88 day programmes for up to 3 months. 

Our network of equine employers ranges from small family enterprises to some of the largest breeding and training operations in Australia, including world famous names and Australian National Team riders. You can see images from several of these in the gallery below. 

You could be working with polo, polocrosse, show jumping, eventing, dressage, racehorse training and spelling, endurance riding, thoroughbred stables and breeding or with equine veterinarians, or with horses as part of a general farm work role.

You are also likely to need to use tractors and other farm vehicles, and be ready to do the routine work on the ground as well as the more interesting work and of course, the riding.  

Australia is also well known for mustering cattle on horseback, and these roles can be available for accomplished and confident riders. Previous experience is preferred for most roles of this type. Please note that mustering activity is usually something that happens occasionally within a more general farm work role.   

You can specify your areas of interest when you apply. Many roles are all year round, but some are seasonal. 

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Potential Roles

• Competition training establishments
• Race horse breeding, training and spelling
• Equestrian disciplines, show jumping, dressage, eventing, endurance riding
• Breeding establishments, stud farms 
• Race horses, stock horses, cutting horses
• Polo and Polocrosse Centres
• Horse work as part of a general farm role

• Trail riding, riding schools
• Stables and livery 
• ​Support and assistant roles for equine vets
• Riding and exercising work
• Ground work
• Stable work
• ​....and more 

Roles for enthusiasts and for specialists and skilled workers

General Equestrian Roles 
​For active and enthusiastic equestrians keen to work with horses and to develop skills and experience. 
​This could people who are 

• Enthusiastic riding club members 
• Hobby riders
• Riders who learned when younger but now out of practice
• Considering a move into an equestrian career
• Stable workers with some part time work experience 

Skilled Equestrian roles
For participants with significant relevant skill, experience or education. 
This should include one or more of the following: 

• 2 years or more of paid and relevant work experience. 
• Relevant education and training.
• 5 years or more of competition at regional level or above
• ​5 years or more of recent horse ownership and riding 6 hours per week or more over the last 2 years.
• Currently active and in regular practice for the last 2 years

We offer significantly reduced preferential rates for skilled and experienced workers. 

Key stages of the programme

1. We prepare your career profile, including your career development aims
2. Your profile (including your skill development aims) is promoted to our unique database of 2,000 employers in all agricultural sectors who read our employer lists every week looking to employ keen and motivated young staff
3. We start the process of matching you to suitable employers
4. We provide an arrival and welcome service which includes setting you up with all the paperwork and other admin you need to work in Australia
5. We provide an Australian Agriculture familiarisation course (5 days residential) on our training farm in South East Queensland
6. We provide a detailed job matching service which links you to a choice of roles that meet your aspirations. With our help you choose the role that suits you best. 
7. We arrange your travel from our training farm to your new employer

Gallery

The images below are from our training farm and from employer properties all around Australia

Programme pricing

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What's included

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