equine workertogroom
A equine worker already meets 70% of what the groom role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 39.8 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the groom role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the equine worker 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A groom role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a equine worker background worth leading with.
- already held assess lameness in horses information skills
- already held assess requirement for horseshoes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held transportation vehicles for horses services
- already held clean horse's legs handling and moving
- already held maintain the farm constructing
- already held analyse animal locomotion information skills
All 29 carried skills, including the 18 the groom role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 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 livestock disease required
- required, not held perform farm equipment hygiene required
- required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
- required, not held transport horses required
- required, not held livestock reproduction required
- required, not held animal nutrition required
- required, not held maintain farm equipment required
- required, not held training equipment for riding required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a groom role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 training equipment for riding knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 control livestock disease skill · sector specific
- 03 livestock reproduction knowledge · 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 29 skills that carry over
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held assist animal birth skill
- already held biology knowledge
- already held breed stock skill
- already held breed-specific behaviour of horses knowledge
- already held clean stalls skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held equine dental diseases knowledge
- already held keep task records skill
- already held livestock species knowledge
- already held maintain pastures skill
- already held maintain the farm skill
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held teach young horses skill
- already held train horses skill
- already held transportation vehicles for horses knowledge
- already held young horses training knowledge
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held analyse animal locomotion skill
- already held assess equid footcare requirements skill
- already held assess lameness in horses skill
- already held assess requirement for horseshoes skill
- already held attach horseshoes skill
- already held clean horse's legs skill
- already held make farrier tools and supplies skill
- already held prepare equid hooves skill
- already held provide care for horses skill
- already held safe horseback riding principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held manage horse events optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements optional
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held manage horse events optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
3 held skills the groom role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agronomical production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role present the farm facilities skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held training equipment for riding required
- required, not held livestock reproduction required
- required, not held animal nutrition required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
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.