HARVEY AG WEEKLY WRAP-UP

YEAR 12 WORK EXPERIENCE

Amelia.Raper@education.wa.edu.au

Student Name: Poppy Blohm

 

Business Name:  Rangeview Stud 

  1. What are your main tasks? Moving mares and foals, maintaining horses – trimming manes and tails. Feeding, cleaning stalls, medicating, general property maintenance and spending time with the foals.
  2. What hours do you work? 8.00am - 3.00pm.
  3. How many people do you work with?  3.
  4. What is the best part of the work that you are doing? Being able to spend time with foals that are less than 24 hours old.  I also enjoy learning new things about the large scale breeding or racehorses.
  5. What is your least favourite task and why? Cleaning stalls and paddocks.  It's boring and regular.
  6. Do you think that being at the Ag school has helped with the work that you are doing?  Sort of, but I already had most of my equine experience before I came here.