Horse riding instructor to sports instructor
A horse riding instructor already meets 50% of what the sports instructor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
53.1/ 100
1 How much of what a sports instructor is expected to do is already part of a horse riding instructor’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 sports instructor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A sports instructor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a horse riding instructor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply risk management in sports
- assess performance in sport events
- correct potentially harmful movements
- demonstrate professional attitude to clients
- instruct in sport
- maintain customer service
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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sports instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a horse riding instructor background worth leading with.
- already held organise sporting environment management skills
- already held promote balance between rest and activity management skills
- already held assess performance in sport events management skills
- already held demonstrate professional attitude to clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan sports instruction programme management skills
- already held work with different target groups communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 9 the sports instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 5 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 manage athletes required
- still to learn personalise sports programme required
- still to learn organise training required
- optional, not held contribute to the development of a sporting estate optional
- still to learn table tennis required
- still to learn water skiing required
- optional, not held badminton optional
- optional, not held skateboard optional
- optional, not held sports nutrition optional
- still to learn promote healthy fitness environment required
- optional, not held teach windsurfing optional
- optional, not held support sport in media optional
- optional, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities optional
- still to learn assess physical conditions of clients required
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sports instructor 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held apply risk management in sports skill
- already held assess performance in sport events skill
- already held correct potentially harmful movements skill
- already held demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill
- already held instruct in sport skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held organise sporting environment skill
- already held plan sports instruction programme skill
- already held promote balance between rest and activity skill
- already held cooperate with colleagues skill
- already held motivate in sports skill
- already held work with different target groups skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held badminton optional
- optional, not held teach windsurfing optional
- optional, not held contribute to the development of a sporting estate optional
- optional, not held skateboard optional
- optional, not held support sport in media optional
- optional, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- optional, not held sports nutrition optional
17 held skills the sports instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt teaching to target group skill
- not needed by the target role apply teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
- not needed by the target role care for horses skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
- not needed by the target role develop sports programmes skill
- not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
- not needed by the target role horse anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role horse riding knowledge
- not needed by the target role horse riding equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide care for horses skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role ride horses skill
- not needed by the target role teamwork principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role train horses skill
- not needed by the target role transport horses skill
7 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 table tennis required
- still to learn water skiing required
- optional, not held badminton optional
- optional, not held skateboard optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- optional, not held sports nutrition optional
Other moves recorded from horse riding instructor
Common questions about this move
Can a horse riding instructor become a sports instructor?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A horse riding instructor already covers 50% of what a sports instructor is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 9 of which the sports instructor role treats as required.
What skills does a horse riding instructor need to become a sports instructor?
7 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is table tennis.
How hard is the move from horse riding instructor to sports instructor?
Its learning distance is 53.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.