equine yard managertoequine worker
A equine yard manager already meets 85% of what the equine worker role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
85%
17.7/ 100
1 Share of the equine worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the equine yard manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A equine worker role treats 12 of its required skills as things a equine yard manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- animal welfare legislation
- assist animal birth
- biology
- biosecurity
- breed-specific behaviour of horses
- clean stalls
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A equine worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a equine yard manager background worth leading with.
- already held transportation vehicles for horses services
- already held maintain the farm constructing
- already held analyse animal locomotion information skills
- already held assess equid footcare requirements handling and moving
- already held attach horseshoes handling and moving
- already held make farrier tools and supplies handling and moving
All 27 carried skills, including the 12 the equine worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 5 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held clean horse's legs required
- required, not held control animal movement required
- optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
- optional, not held assess requirement for horseshoes optional
- optional, not held assess lameness in horses optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a equine worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held assist animal birth skill
- already held biology knowledge
- already held biosecurity knowledge
- already held breed-specific behaviour of horses knowledge
- already held clean stalls skill
- already held maintain pastures skill
- already held maintain the farm skill
- already held provide care for horses skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held teach young horses skill
- already held young horses training knowledge
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held analyse animal locomotion skill
- already held assess equid footcare requirements skill
- already held attach horseshoes skill
- already held breed stock skill
- already held equine dental diseases knowledge
- already held keep task records skill
- already held livestock species knowledge
- already held make farrier tools and supplies skill
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held prepare equid hooves skill
- already held present the farm facilities skill
- already held safe horseback riding principles knowledge
- already held train horses skill
- already held transportation vehicles for horses knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess lameness in horses optional
- optional, not held assess requirement for horseshoes optional
- optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
18 held skills the equine worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agricultural business management knowledge
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out post hoof-trimming activities skill
- not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
- not needed by the target role control livestock disease skill
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage agricultural staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage horse events skill
- not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
- not needed by the target role manage production enterprise skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role purchase bloodstock skill
- not needed by the target role select livestock skill
- not needed by the target role work independently in agriculture skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
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How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.