equine yard managertofarrier
A equine yard manager already meets 49% of what the farrier role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
45.8/ 100
1 Share of the farrier 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 farrier role treats 6 of its required skills as things a equine yard manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse animal locomotion
- assess equid footcare requirements
- attach horseshoes
- carry out post hoof-trimming activities
- make farrier tools and supplies
- prepare equid hooves
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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A farrier 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 carry out post hoof-trimming activities handling and moving
- 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
- already held prepare equid hooves handling and moving
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the farrier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 6 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 control animal movement required
- optional, not held apply animal hygiene practices optional
- optional, not held shape metal over anvils optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- optional, not held apply smithing techniques optional
- optional, not held work with blacksmithing hand tools optional
- required, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements required
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held farrier industry optional
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held types of metal optional
- optional, not held manage animal biosecurity optional
- optional, not held manage time in agricultural production optional
- optional, not held work with blacksmithing power tools optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a farrier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise horse owners on farriery requirements skill · sector specific
- 02 control animal movement skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held analyse animal locomotion skill
- already held assess equid footcare requirements skill
- already held attach horseshoes skill
- already held carry out post hoof-trimming activities skill
- already held make farrier tools and supplies skill
- already held prepare equid hooves skill
- already held work independently in agriculture skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply animal hygiene practices optional
- optional, not held farrier industry optional
- optional, not held manage animal biosecurity optional
- optional, not held manage time in agricultural production optional
- optional, not held shape metal over anvils optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- optional, not held apply smithing techniques optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held types of metal optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held work with blacksmithing hand tools optional
- optional, not held work with blacksmithing power tools optional
38 held skills the farrier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agricultural business management knowledge
- not needed by the target role agritourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist animal birth skill
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role breed stock skill
- not needed by the target role breed-specific behaviour of horses knowledge
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
- not needed by the target role clean stalls 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 equine dental diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock species knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain pastures skill
- not needed by the target role maintain the farm skill
- 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 operate agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role present the farm facilities skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide care for horses skill
- not needed by the target role purchase bloodstock skill
- not needed by the target role safe horseback riding principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role select livestock skill
- not needed by the target role supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- not needed by the target role teach young horses skill
- not needed by the target role train horses skill
- not needed by the target role transportation vehicles for horses knowledge
- not needed by the target role young horses training knowledge
3 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 farrier industry optional
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held types of metal optional
Other moves recorded from equine yard manager
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.