Work Experience Application Form

This form is for persons looking to do Work Experience for a duration of 3 months or less. Anyone looking to do an Internship should apply using our Internship Application Form.

Applications must be received at least 6 weeks in advance of proposed start date.

General Details

Your Name*

First Last

Your Home Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City \ Town County \ State Postal Code Country

Your Mobile Phone Number*

Your Email Address*

Your Date of Birth*

Your Age Category*

What are the dates of your proposed Work Experience?

Start Date*

Finish Date*

Please state the deadline you require confirmation of your Work Experience:*

Do you have flexibility with your start and finish dates?*

School \ College \ University Details

Please give the name and description of your course or state year you are in, ie 4th Year.*

Name of School \ College \ University*

Address of School \ College \ University

Street Address Address Line 2 City \ Town County \ State Postal Code Country

Co-ordinators Name*

Co-ordinators Telephone Number*

Co-ordinators Email*

Other Details

Do you have any experience of working with people with special needs?*

Due to the nature of our business if you have any disabilities, medical conditions or allergies please provide details:*

If you have any support or special needs please provide details. If you have a disability and require support will a support person be coming with you, please provide details:*

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence or been the subject of a Caution or of a Bound Over Order?**

Yes
No

If yes, please state below the nature and date(s) of the offence(s):*

Area of Festina Lente you wish to do your Internship in

What area of Festina Lente are you looking to do your Work Experience in?*

Riding School - Equestrian Experience Required
Gardens, Garden Shop
Administration

Riding School

What Riding School area do you wish to do your Work Experience in?*

All the below
On the Yard & Stables and Caring for the Horses
Maintenance in the Riding School but not dealing directly with the Horses
Leading Horses on their Lessons
Tacking up and Leading the Horses

What are your specific tasks and objectives you wish to achieve during your time at Festina Lente?*

Have you ever been a helper in Festina Lente or completed our Educational Helpers Programme, if so please list dates and details?*

Have you worked or volunteered in an equestrian yard before, and if so, where and for how long? Please detail the job description and level of responsibility in this position:*

Have you any formal equestrian training?*

Are you familiar with natural horsemanship methods?*

Do you have any allergies to horses, hay, etc?*

Do you have an up to-date tetanus*

Please use this space to provide any additional information that you think may be helpful and or useful to your application?*

Walled Victorian Gardens, Garden Centre, Gift Shop & Cafe

What are your specific tasks and objectives you wish to achieve during your time at Festina Lente?*

Have you worked or volunteered in a gardens or horticultural area before, and if so, where and for how long? Please detail the job description and level of responsibility in this position:*

Have you any formal horticultural training?*

Have you ever worked in Coffee Shop, Garden Centre, Gift Shop before, if so please give details?*

Please use this space to provide any additional information that you think may be helpful and or useful to your application?*

Administration

What are your specific tasks and objectives you wish to achieve during your time at Festina Lente?*

Have you worked or volunteered in an office environment before, and if so, where and for how long? Please detail the job description and level of responsibility in this position:*

Please list all computer software\cloud applications you have used and are very familiar with?*

Please use this space to provide any additional information that you think may be helpful and or useful to your application?*

Research Project Approval

Please note we can only allow certain projects or research in Festina Lente which involve human participants if you are doing an internship of 3 months or longer and interns must apply to the Festina Lente Ethics Committee prior to internship agreement and approval. Please note: Our clients confidentiality is very important to us so approval is not guaranteed and only certain types of research and projects will be approved.

Referees

Below, please provide contact details of two referees that we may contact. These reference checks will be made prior to commencing your placement in Festina Lente.

First Referee Name*

First Last

First Referee Relationship to you:*

First Referee Phone*

First Referee Email*

Second Referee Name*

First Last

Second Referee Relationship to you:*

Second Referee Phone*

Second Referee Email*

Do you give permission for any photos taken by staff to be used for Festina Lente purposes (Website, Social Media etc)?

Confidentiality Agreement:*

You may not disclose any information of a confidential nature relating to the Company or any associated Companies or their business or in respect of which the Company owes an obligation of confidence to any third party during or after your placement except in the proper course of your placement or as required by law. You may not remove any documents or things belonging to the Company or which contain any confidential information from the Company's premises at any time without proper advance authorisation. You must return to the Company upon request and, in any event, upon the termination of your placement, all documents and things belonging to the Company or which contain or refer to any confidential information and which are in your possession or under your control.

Incomplete forms will not be processed and we will not follow up on incomplete applications so please ensure to fill in all details fully and correctly before submitting thank you.

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Other Details

Area of Festina Lente you wish to do your Internship in

Riding School

Walled Victorian Gardens, Garden Centre, Gift Shop & Cafe

Administration

Research Project Approval

Referees

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