New Castle County
Mounted Patrol Unit
is offering for credit
a
Summer 2013 Equine Internship
Carousel Park Equestrian
Center
3700 Limestone Rd
Wilmington, DE 19807
The New Castle County (NCC) Mounted Patrol Unit owns and
utilizes 10 draft and draft-cross horses for police work. The unit and horses
are based at the Carousel Park Equestrian Center, located approximately 20
minutes north of the University of Delaware. Your internship will be primarily
focused on the daily care, maintenance, training and possibly exercise of newly
acquired Clydesdale horses. Through this internship, you will learn and improve
upon a variety of general horsemanship skills as well as skills that are more
specific to that of the mounted patrol unit. The newly acquired Clydesdale
horses are to be trained for routine patrol as members of the police
department.
Your responsibilities will include barn management such
as feeding, grooming, tacking horses, bathing and mucking stalls. There is the possibility
for a candidate with experience in horsemanship and riding to ride horses that have
already completed their police training. This will be determined during the
internship period. The projected work schedule is generally Monday through
Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., however some weekend hours will be required
during special events. You will also have the opportunity to assist with coordinating
and advertising special events (e.g. NCC Mounted Patrol Unit fundraisers), and
to work with other members of Law Enforcement as well as civilian employees.
The Carousel Park Equestrian Center is situated on 205
acres with well groomed riding trails, ponds and a cross country course. The center is equipped with an indoor and
outdoor riding ring for all weather riding. For more information see: http://www.carouselparkequestrian.com/
The successful
applicant will be required to sign a waiver of liability assuming all
responsibility for injury.
Requirements:
o
Live locally and have reliable transportation to and from the
Equestrian Center
o
Ability to begin internship within 1-2 weeks of the end of the
school semester
o
A desire to work hard and learn about the care and training
of mounted police horses
o
Open to new ideas and practices for managing horses
o
Some equine experience required, although it does not have to
be extensive
o
A full report summarizing your experiences at the end of the
internship
To apply: Email the following in a WORD
document to Nemeclm@udel.edu
by April 26th. A decision will be made in
early May.
o
Send a 1-page resume AND
o
a 1-page statement that includes:
§ A
short summary of your equine experience
§ How
the internship will contribute to your professional development
§ How
you will contribute to the internship program (what will you be remembered for)
Note: In order for this internship to meet the DLE
requirement, students must register for ANFS 464. You can speak to an academic advisor in the
Department of Animal and Food Sciences about ANFS 464. However, if you do not
need DLE or do not want “credit” for the experience, you can just include the experience
in your professional resume.
