Horse Heritage Educational Program

Your answers to the following questions will help us to place you in an appropriate class, recognize the potential match for additional volunteer activities, and identify possible supplemental training opportunities.  Thank you for your time!

VOLUNTEER EXPECTATIONS AND TRAINING REQUIRED

• Volunteers MUST wear appropriate clothing including closed toed shoes to perform volunteer duties.
• Volunteers MUST maintain confidentiality for our students.
• Volunteers MUST complete general training BEFORE volunteering as a side walker.
• Volunteers MUST complete general training & horse handler training BEFORE volunteering as a horse handler.
• Volunteers MUST be able to walk for up to 60 minutes on uneven ground when side walking or horse handling.
• Volunteers MUST be able to raise arm shoulder height or above for up to 60 minutes when side walking.
• Volunteers should arrive 15 minutes before class.
• All barn rules need to be learned and followed carefully at all times for safety of riders, volunteers & horses.
• Volunteers must be at least 14 years old to handle horses or participate in classes.
• Volunteers must exhibit appropriate conduct and behavior at all times during volunteer activities.
• For the safety of riders and volunteers, we may do random background checks on volunteers.

This volunteer in the Horse Heritage Educational Program has read, completed, agrees to and understands the expectations and volunteer training required.

I consent to and authorize the use and reproduction by Horse Heritage Educational Program of any and all photographs and any other audio/visual materials taken of me for promotional material, educational activities, exhibitions or for any other use for the benefit of the program. I further consent that my name may be revealed therein or by descriptive text or commentary.

I understand that all information (written and verbal) about participants at Horse Heritage Educational Program is confidential and will not be shared with anyone without the expressed written consent of the participant and their parent/guardian in the case of a minor.

• I, the undersigned, in full recognition of the possible dangers and hazards inherent in any activity involving horses, do hereby agree to assume all the risks and responsibilities surrounding my participation in programs using Horse Heritage Educational Program horses and horse facilities; and further hereby defend, hold harmless, indemnify and release and forever discharge Horse Heritage Educational Program, and its staff members, from and against any and all claims, demands and actions on account of damage to personal property, injury, or death, which may result from my child's participation in programs utilizing Horse Heritage Educational Program's horses and horse facilities, which result from causes beyond the control of and without the fault or negligence of Horse Heritage Educational Program, or its employees/volunteers, during the period of my participation in the aforementioned program.
• All volunteers and staff are required to wear approved equestrian helmets. If you do not have an ASTM/SEI approved helmet, Horse Heritage Educational Program will provide one to you for the program activities.
• Under Washington law, an equine activity sponsor or and equine professional shall notbe liable for an injury to or death of a participant engaged in an equine activity. RCWA 4.24.530

The undersigned applicant acknowledges that Washington law requires employees and volunteer who have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children under the age of 16 years, developmentally disabled persons, or vulnerable adults, to provide the following statement and subject to background checks concerning adjudication of certain civil and criminal matters identified in RCW 43.43.8340 - Background Checks - Access to Children or Vulnerable Persons - Definitions. I acknowledge noticethat Horse Heritage Educational Program may conduce an inquiry of me as permitted by statute.

Also, as required by statute, I am disclosing the extent to which there has been a civil adjudication or criminal conviction regarding the following matters:

I understand Horse Heritage Educational Program may institute a Washington State Physical and Criminal Background Check and reserves the right to terminate my volunteer service