Horse trainer to animal care attendant
A horse trainer already meets 48% of what the animal care attendant role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.3/ 100
1 How much of what an animal care attendant is expected to do is already part of a horse 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 animal care attendant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An animal care attendant role treats 16 of its required skills as things a horse 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 12 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An animal care attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a horse trainer background worth leading with.
- already held provide animal training handling and moving
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- already held treat animals ethically assisting and caring
- already held implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
- already held assess animal's condition information skills
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare management skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 16 the animal care attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 10 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 assist in transportation of animals required
- still to learn breed reptiles required
- still to learn control animal movement required
- still to learn groom animals required
- still to learn maintain animal accommodation hygienic required
- still to learn manage animal welfare required
- still to learn handle veterinary emergencies required
- optional, not held establish aquarium optional
- optional, not held locate microchip in animals optional
- optional, not held care for juvenile animals optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary patients optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- still to learn environmental enrichment for animals required
- still to learn animal nutrition required
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held animal training optional
- still to learn manage animal biosecurity required
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- still to learn apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- still to learn safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
- optional, not held interview animal owners on animals' conditions optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an animal care attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting practise this
- 02 assist in transportation of animals practise this
- 03 breed reptiles practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 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 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 provide nutrition to animals skill
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- already held treat animals ethically skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held microchip scanners optional
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held establish aquarium optional
- optional, not held locate microchip in animals optional
- optional, not held microchip scanners optional
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held animal training optional
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held care for juvenile animals optional
- optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary patients optional
- optional, not held interview animal owners on animals' conditions optional
- optional, not held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
19 held skills the animal care attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
- not needed by the target role advise on care products for pets skill
- not needed by the target role assess customers skill
- not needed by the target role breed-specific behaviour of horses knowledge
- not needed by the target role care for horses skill
- not needed by the target role clean stalls skill
- not needed by the target role create animal records skill
- not needed by the target role design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals skill
- not needed by the target role design training programmes for animals skill
- not needed by the target role design training programmes for individuals and animals skill
- not needed by the target role develop an animal handling strategy skill
- not needed by the target role horse anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role teach young horses skill
- not needed by the target role train animals and individuals to work together skill
- not needed by the target role train horses skill
- not needed by the target role transport horses skill
- not needed by the target role work with veterinarians skill
- not needed by the target role young horses training knowledge
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 environmental enrichment for animals required
- still to learn safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- still to learn animal nutrition required
- optional, not held microchip scanners optional
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held animal training optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
Common questions about this move
Can a horse trainer become an animal care attendant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A horse trainer already covers 48% of what an animal care attendant is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 16 of which the animal care attendant role treats as required.
What skills does a horse trainer need to become an animal care attendant?
12 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting.
How hard is the move from horse trainer to animal care attendant?
Its learning distance is 62.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.