equine yard managertogroom
A equine yard manager already meets 73% of what the groom role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
36.4/ 100
1 Share of the groom role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the equine yard manager 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 groom role treats 19 of its required skills as things a equine yard manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- animal welfare legislation
- assist animal birth
- biology
- breed stock
- breed-specific behaviour of horses
- clean stalls
What stands in the way is 7 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 30 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 yard manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage horse events management skills
- already held transportation vehicles for horses services
- already held control livestock disease handling and moving
- already held maintain the farm constructing
- already held analyse animal locomotion information skills
- already held assess equid footcare requirements handling and moving
All 30 carried skills, including the 19 the groom role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 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 control animal movement required
- required, not held perform farm equipment hygiene required
- required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
- required, not held transport horses required
- optional, not held clean horse's legs optional
- required, not held animal nutrition required
- required, not held maintain farm equipment required
- required, not held training equipment for riding required
- optional, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements optional
- optional, not held assess requirement for horseshoes optional
- optional, not held assess lameness in horses optional
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 animal movement skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain farm equipment 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 30 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 livestock disease skill
- already held equine dental diseases knowledge
- already held keep task records skill
- already held livestock reproduction knowledge
- 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 agricultural business management knowledge
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held analyse animal locomotion skill
- already held assess equid footcare requirements skill
- already held attach horseshoes skill
- already held make farrier tools and supplies skill
- already held manage horse events skill
- already held prepare equid hooves skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
- already held provide care for horses skill
- already held safe horseback riding principles knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements optional
- optional, not held assess lameness in horses optional
- optional, not held assess requirement for horseshoes optional
- optional, not held clean horse's legs optional
15 held skills the groom role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out post hoof-trimming activities skill
- not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage agricultural staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
- not needed by the target role manage production enterprise skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role present the farm facilities skill
- not needed by the target role purchase bloodstock skill
- not needed by the target role select livestock skill
- not needed by the target role work independently in agriculture skill
2 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 animal nutrition required
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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.