Freelance instructors?

greeneyes13

Is there such a thing? Im hoping to get some good private lessons once I get a horse (eventually!) and it will prob be on livery. id like a good dressage instructer and im wondering if I have to settle on a yard where the instructor isnt great would i be able to get an instructor to come to me??

Meath/Cavan area likely

fits

Its pretty common around here where I live anyway.

As you get into it and get to know people you will begin to make contacts and find instructors.

greeneyes13

thanks fits.

im going to scope out on of the riding centres tomorrow for a hack. its freakishly cheap for an hour (22e). my expectations are therefore low!

napoles

greeneyes13 wrote: »

Is there such a thing? Im hoping to get some good private lessons once I get a horse (eventually!) and it will prob be on livery. id like a good dressage instructer and im wondering if I have to settle on a yard where the instructor isnt great would i be able to get an instructor to come to me??

Meath/Cavan area likely

Yep, I did it for years. Only thing to maybe check out is insurance, especially if they might be having a sit on your horse on your property. Most freelancers would be registered with the BHS and have their own insurance anyway. Kind of sad that things have become so litigious.:(

ell

I'm an EFI L1 coach, and I know the EFI website www.horsesport.ie has a list of the freelance instructores which are covered by insurance, and what areas they are in.

greeneyes13

THanks Ell!

I cant find the list on that page though! And it sounds very useful!! Where abouts is it?

ell

Sorry, just checked their website, so they're redesigned it all and havent put up the coaching info If you email Triona at the EFI office (there must be a email contact on their site somewhere!) she should be able to help you out

togster

Probably dragging this way off topic, but what is the obsession with being a qualified instructor? Is it simply an insurance issue? The best instructors i ever had were un-qualified.

greeneyes13

i didnt say they had to be qualified togster!

i would willingly take lessons from anyone i knew to be a good rider and horsewoman or man themselves!

i just dont know many in my area

togster

greeneyes13 wrote: »

i didnt say they had to be qualified togster!

i would willingly take lessons from anyone i knew to be a good rider and horsewoman or man themselves!

i just dont know many in my area

Sorry Greeneyes! Sometimes i don't post very well!! I was just wondering if you have to be qualified for insurance purposes?

greeneyes13

thats ok Togster. yes i think its to do with insurance. most qualified instructors would be insured in case of any accidents involved with them teaching or riding when teaching.

i think i would still take an unqualified person but i dont know if the livery yard would let them teach me if they wernt insured themselves

vpg

hi greeneyes,
I got a couple of lessons off a qualified instructor in the slane area that works on a freelance basis and travels & is also a dressage judge. if you wish I can give you the contact details.
vpg

Sugar Drunk

togster wrote: »

Probably dragging this way off topic, but what is the obsession with being a qualified instructor? Is it simply an insurance issue? The best instructors i ever had were un-qualified.

true ! but sadly insurance is everything these days. I have been teaching for 10 years but because i do not have the PTT or bhsai I am apparently 'unqualified'. There are plenty of freelance instructors around word of mouth is usually best way to find one. I do some of it myself, I teach a few people locally but I organised insurance first

greeneyes13

I dont mind if someone is insured or uninsured.I just need contacts people!! only issue might be livery yard having prob but i just dont know yet

napoles

If you are thinking of bringing in this outside instructor to your livery yard and will be paying them, then you will definitely have to clear it with your livery yard. In this case, I would suspect that insurance would be a very important point.
I'm a BHSAI and as a member of the BHS I am insured on a freelance basis. The livery yard might only have insurance covering qualified instructors.

If you are paying the freelancer to teach you, then you are entering into some sort of contract with them, rather than having a mate help you out for a favour. It's a bit like people transporting friends' horses - if they are paid for this, then they have to have different transporter's insurance.
By the way - I'm definitely not giving legal advice here - just passing on what I've heard.