Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a horse trainer can go next

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

Horse trainers train animals and/or riders for general and specific purposes, including assistance, security, leisure, competition, transportation, obedience and routine handling, entertainment and education, in accordance with national legislation.

Also known as riding instructor, horse riding coach, horse riding instructor, racehorse trainer, equine trainer, horse riding trainer, equestrian centre instructor, jockey trainer, riding school instructor, riding school trainer, dressage instructor, equestrian centre trainer.

Service and sales workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: animal trainer, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
animal trainer 62% covered animal handler 58% covered animal shelter worker 49% covered pet sitter 48% covered animal care attendant 48% covered horse trainer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from horse trainer, 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 trainer 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 trainer needs 20 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
  • horse anatomy natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • design training programmes for individuals and animals management skills
  • train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
  • train horses handling and moving
  • provide animal training handling and moving
  • provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
  • treat animals ethically assisting and caring
  • implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
  • biosecurity related to animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • provide first aid to 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 trainer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Horse trainer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. 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 trainer’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.