cattle pedicuretofarrier
A cattle pedicure already meets 26% of what the farrier role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
26%
65.1/ 100
1 Share of the farrier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cattle pedicure 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 2 of its required skills as things a cattle pedicure already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- carry out post hoof-trimming activities
- control animal movement
What stands in the way is 6 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 6 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 cattle pedicure background worth leading with.
- already held carry out post hoof-trimming activities handling and moving
- already held work independently in agriculture management skills
- already held control animal movement handling and moving
- already held manage animal biosecurity information skills
- already held apply animal hygiene practices handling and moving
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 2 the farrier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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 assess equid footcare requirements required
- required, not held attach horseshoes required
- required, not held make farrier tools and supplies required
- required, not held prepare equid hooves required
- 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
- required, not held analyse animal locomotion required
- optional, not held farrier industry optional
- optional, not held forging processes optional
- optional, not held types of metal 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 3 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 analyse animal locomotion skill · sector specific
- 03 assess equid footcare requirements 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held carry out post hoof-trimming activities skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work independently in agriculture skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held farrier industry 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 work with blacksmithing hand tools optional
- optional, not held work with blacksmithing power tools optional
3 held skills the farrier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess environmental influences on bovine feet skill
- not needed by the target role assess the care requirements of bovine feet skill
- not needed by the target role operate hooves trimming tools skill
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 cattle pedicure
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.