Dog trainer to horse trainer
A dog trainer already meets 82% of what the horse trainer role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
24.1/ 100
1 How much of what a horse trainer is expected to do is already part of a dog trainer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the horse trainer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A horse trainer role treats 18 of its required skills as things a dog trainer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on animal welfare
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A horse trainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dog trainer background worth leading with.
- already held design training programmes for individuals and animals management skills
- already held train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
- already held advise on care products for pets communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals management skills
- already held provide animal training handling and moving
- already held develop an animal handling strategy management skills
All 28 carried skills, including the 18 the horse trainer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn train horses required
- optional, not held care for horses optional
- optional, not held clean stalls optional
- optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
- optional, not held teach young horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
- still to learn horse anatomy required
- optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
- optional, not held young horses training optional
- optional, not held assess customers optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a horse trainer 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 28 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal welfare knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- already held design training programmes for individuals and animals skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- already held provide animal training skill
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held train animals and individuals to work together skill
- already held treat animals ethically skill
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held advise on animal purchase skill
- already held advise on care products for pets skill
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals skill
- already held develop an animal handling strategy skill
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- already held provide nutrition to animals skill
- already held work with veterinarians skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess customers optional
- optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
- optional, not held care for horses optional
- optional, not held clean stalls optional
- optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
- optional, not held teach young horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
- optional, not held young horses training optional
8 held skills the horse trainer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
- not needed by the target role assist in transportation of animals skill
- not needed by the target role bathe dogs skill
- not needed by the target role dog behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate dogs skill
- not needed by the target role maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- not needed by the target role protect health and safety when handling animals skill
- not needed by the target role select therapy animals 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.
- still to learn horse anatomy required
- optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
- optional, not held young horses training optional
Common questions about this move
Can a dog trainer become a horse trainer?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A dog trainer already covers 82% of what a horse trainer is expected to do: 28 skills carry over, 18 of which the horse trainer role treats as required.
What skills does a dog trainer need to become a horse trainer?
2 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is horse anatomy.
How hard is the move from dog trainer to horse trainer?
Its learning distance is 24.1 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.