Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a horse breeder can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a horse breeder already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Horse breeders oversee the production and day-to-day care of horses. They maintain the health and welfare of horses.

Also known as horse rearer, stud specialist, racehorse breeder.

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: zookeeper, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
zookeeper 67% covered zoo section leader 53% covered catcher 52% covered animal shelter worker 50% covered dog trainer 46% covered horse breeder You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from horse breeder, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a horse breeder already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A horse breeder needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • breed horses handling and moving
  • advise horse owners on farriery requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • equine dental diseases agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • livestock feeding agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • feed livestock handling and moving
  • monitor livestock handling and moving
  • train horses handling and moving
  • dispose of dead animals handling and moving
  • select livestock handling and moving
  • care for juvenile animals handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a horse breeder does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Horse breeder is filed under Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers, ISCO major group 6. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a horse breeder’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.