Holly Shields

I am a friendly, hardworking, and determined individual, seeking a career with animals where I can use and develop my skills and experience. I am an organised person who can multitask and adapt when working, which would help me to effectively prioritise different tasks. I have work experience in both the Animal Care industry, Retail and Hospitality.

Waitress at Toby Carvery (Denham) (2025-07 – Present)

• Serving and engaging with customers
• Making drinks behind the bar
• Upselling promotions/offers on the menu
• General Cleaning measures

Animal Care Assistant at RSPCA (Denham) (2022-11 – 2025-06)

• General Feeding measures
• Daily cleaning & disinfecting enclosures
• Health checks and medications admission
• Dog walking & cat socialising
• Adoption veiwings for potential new owners
• Making up adoption information paper work packs
• Calling recent adopters for new pet updates
• Pricing & steaming items for selling at charity shops

Team Member at Co-op (Greenford) (2021-11 – Present)

• Customer service skills
• Handling stock replenishment and deliveries
• Rotating date stock & checking use by dates etc and reducing items
• Locking up behind the kiosk

Team Member at Clintons Cards (Uxbridge) (2018-12 – 2022-12)

• Customer service skills
• Handling stock replenishment and deliveries
• Resetting layout of store on a regular basis
• General tidiness and cleanliness of store

Groom Assistant at Littlebourne Equestrian Centre (Harefield) (2020-10 – 2020-11)

• Mucking out stables/stalls, filled up hay nets and maintained general tidiness of stables
• Groomed, hoof picked, rugged and turned the horses in and out
• Tacking up and untacking horses ready for riding lessons etc
• Exercising and riding horses

Animal Barn Assistant/Work Experience at Odds Farm Park (High Wycombe) (2020-02 – 2020-03)

Made redundant due to Covid 19

• General feeding measures
• Mucking out enclosures and stables
• Groomed and walked the horses, donkeys, and cows
• Assisted with health checks, medications, and lambing
• Greeted the public and ensured Health and safety protocol was followed

Work Experience at Vauxhall City Farm (2021-11 – 2021-11)

1 week

• General food preparation and feeding measures
• Mucking out enclosures and filling up hayracks/nets
• Halter training the alpacas and sheep
• Assisting with Health checks etc & cleaning animal carriers/crates

Work Experience and Volunteering at Cassiobury Farm and Fishery (Watford) (2019-04 – 2020-12)

3 weeks and Volunteering

• General food preparation and feeding measures
• Mucking out enclosures and filling up hayracks/nets
• Assisting with health checks, & medications etc
• General washing up and cleaning measures
• Helped to run open days with the public

Work Experience at Manor Farm Liveries (Cowley/Uxbridge) (2019-05 – 2019-05)

2 weeks

• Mucked out stables and fields
• Assisted with general care for the horses, for example preparing food bowls, grooming and hoof picking

Work Experience at Ealing Riding School (Ealing) (2018-03 – 2018-03)

1 week

• Mucked out stables, filled up hay nets and fed horses
• Assisted with lessons by holding/walking horses with children on
• Groomed, tacked up and untacked horses

Work Experience at Goddard Veterinary Practice (Greenford) (2018-02 – 2018-02)

1 week

• Watching and listening to consultations and minor surgeries
• Fed and cleaned animals that stayed overnight
• Sterilising and prepping surgery equipment
• Checking dates of medications and storing them alphabetically
• General cleaning measures like cleaning the consultant tables and hoovering/mopping floors

Work Experience at Pets at Home (Greenford/West Drayton) (2016-10 – 2017-02)

4 weeks

• Stock Replenishment and deliveries
• Assisted with animal feeding and cleaning animal enclosures
• Customer service skills

Personal and Career Development – Spear (Personal and Career Development Programme) (Kensington) (2021-09 – 2021-10)

Animal Management, Equine Studies, Animal Care – Berkshire College of Agriculture (BCA) (Maidenhead) (2016-09 – 2020-06)

GCSEs – The Douay Martyrs School (Ickenham) (2011-09 – 2016-07)