ESCV Endorsers
Employers need staff that will make a positive impact upon their business. A good groom is highly talented at their job and they need to be – looking after horses requires dedication, attention detail and a lot of hard work.
The Equine Skills CV is not a qualification – it is a record of achievement for the skills that your staff develop and perform in their jobs. It will provide them with the status of a job title that reflects their abilities.
Being part of the Equine Skills CV will mean :
• Your staff will receive the recognition for their skills and achievements gained from ‘hands-on experience’ of working with horses.
• It enables you to identify the strengths and weakness of
your staff’s skills helping you to focus on developing their
experience in the areas that you need.
• The four recognised groom job titles clearly guide you to the
exact level of experience that a groom has got, making advertising for vacancies and recruitment much easier.
• It guides grooms to aspire to climb a career ladder and so will motivate them in their job, helping longer term with staff retention.
We need YOU to make this work.
The Equine Skills CV requires employer support to ensure that it is valuable to your staff and your business. It needs the involvement of employers who can use experience and expertise to make judgements about a groom’s on the job abilities.
How Does it Work ?
Skill statements are based upon recognised standards and describe what your groom has to know, understand and be able to do on the job in order to achieve Equine Skills CV recognition.
The skills statements are presented in a workbook that your groom will have purchased. Your groom can compare their own abilities against the skills statements and it is recommended that they review this with you on a regular basis. This will enable you to identify the strengths and weakness of your staff’s skills, helping you to focus on developing their experience in the areas that you need.
When they feel ready, your groom can ask you, as the endorser, to sign off the skills statements when they have proved that they can perform tasks to the level described.As the skills get signed off, your grooms can build up a comprehensive record of their achievements. Once all of the skills statements within a level have been confirmed by you, the groom needs to return the completion slip and they will then receive a Record of Achievement for the job level that they have reached.
The workbooks provide a clear route for career progression, and identify which skills are needed to achieve a level and the next level.
Knowing what is possible can be highly motivating and can increase the aspiration of your groom and raise their potential to acquire new skills or further experience.
Using the workbook you can, with your groom, assess their development on a regular basis andidentify any gaps in skills or experience and any necessary training needs can be worked on, to the benefit of all.
In addition, the skills statements in the workbook can be a useful aid when compiling job adverts, job roles or descriptions and contracts of employment.
How do I Apply ?
Any employer can apply to be an Endorser at no cost at all.
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| “Having something that shows progression is very important in anyone’s career. I look forward to using this simple and clear structure to encourage my staff to improve and develop new skills.” Clayton Fredericks – Event Rider |
You will need to be:
• An employer of grooms in paid employment or
• Hold the ‘Elite Groom’ EquineSkillsCV
An Endorser needs to sign up to the Endorsers Agreement which means you are confident that your own employee, or a self-employed person that may do work for you, has reached the required standards for that level of work.
In this way, it is an equine industry regulated scheme that has the support and high standing of employers and highly skilled elite grooms.
To apply for an Endorsers Apply form, email
info@britishgrooms.org.uk