Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Livestock worker to equine yard manager

A livestock worker already meets 26% of what the equine yard manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From livestock worker
26 % overlap
Distant match
To equine yard manager
12 You already bring
12 Still to learn
45 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

75.2/ 100

1 How much of what an equine yard manager is expected to do is already part of a livestock worker’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 equine yard manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An equine yard manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a livestock worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • biology
  • breed stock
  • control livestock disease
  • maintain the farm

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An equine yard manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a livestock worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held control livestock disease handling and moving
  • already held maintain the farm constructing
  • already held breed stock handling and moving
  • already held equine dental diseases agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held maintain pastures handling and moving
  • already held train horses handling and moving

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the equine yard manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 33 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 business, administration and law 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn agricultural business management required
  • still to learn animal welfare legislation required
  • still to learn customer relationship management required
  • still to learn project management principles required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
02 handling and moving 2 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn manage livestock required
  • still to learn select livestock required
  • optional, not held assess equid footcare requirements optional
  • optional, not held attach horseshoes optional
  • optional, not held carry out post hoof-trimming activities optional
  • optional, not held clean stalls optional
  • optional, not held make farrier tools and supplies optional
  • optional, not held prepare equid hooves optional
  • optional, not held provide care for horses optional
  • optional, not held teach young horses optional
03 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn manage agricultural staff required
  • still to learn work independently in agriculture required
  • optional, not held manage horse events optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn keep task records required
  • optional, not held analyse animal locomotion optional
  • optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn livestock species required
  • optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an equine yard manager 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held biology knowledge
  • already held breed stock skill
  • already held control livestock disease skill
  • already held maintain the farm skill
  • already held agritourism knowledge
  • already held assist animal birth skill
  • already held equine dental diseases knowledge
  • already held maintain pastures skill
  • already held operate agricultural machinery skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held present the farm facilities skill
  • already held train horses skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 health and welfare 1 required
  • still to learn biosecurity required
08 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held livestock reproduction optional
  • optional, not held young horses training optional
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held purchase bloodstock optional
  • optional, not held negotiate price optional
10 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held transportation vehicles for horses optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held purchase bloodstock optional
  • optional, not held analyse animal locomotion optional
  • optional, not held assess equid footcare requirements optional
  • optional, not held attach horseshoes optional
  • optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held carry out post hoof-trimming activities optional
  • optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
  • optional, not held clean stalls optional
  • optional, not held livestock reproduction optional
  • optional, not held make farrier tools and supplies optional
  • optional, not held manage horse events optional
  • optional, not held prepare equid hooves optional
  • optional, not held provide care for horses optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held teach young horses optional
  • optional, not held transportation vehicles for horses optional
  • optional, not held young horses training optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
  • optional, not held negotiate price optional
39 held skills the equine yard manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role agronomical production principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role arrange tables skill
  • not needed by the target role breed ducks skill
  • not needed by the target role breed goats skill
  • not needed by the target role breed ostriches skill
  • not needed by the target role breed rabbits skill
  • not needed by the target role breed snails skill
  • not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
  • not needed by the target role computerised feeding systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct shearing of wool skill
  • not needed by the target role cut pig's teeth skill
  • not needed by the target role direct the preparation of food skill
  • not needed by the target role dock pig's tail skill
  • not needed by the target role handle feathers skill
  • not needed by the target role handle pigs skill
  • not needed by the target role harvest crop skill
  • not needed by the target role install irrigation systems skill
  • not needed by the target role livestock feeding knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain farm equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain linen operation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage crop production skill
  • not needed by the target role manage farm supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage grain storage skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role milk animals skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor crops skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor the production of eggs skill
  • not needed by the target role operate dairy farms skill
  • not needed by the target role perform farm equipment hygiene skill
  • not needed by the target role perform milk control skill
  • not needed by the target role process dairy farm products skill
  • not needed by the target role process harvested honey skill
  • not needed by the target role raise hens skill
  • not needed by the target role recycle livestock manure skill
  • not needed by the target role serve food in table service skill
  • not needed by the target role skin animals skill
  • not needed by the target role slaughter animals skill
  • not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn agricultural business management required
  • still to learn livestock species required
  • still to learn animal welfare legislation required
  • still to learn biosecurity required
  • still to learn customer relationship management required
  • still to learn project management principles required
  • optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held livestock reproduction optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held transportation vehicles for horses optional
  • optional, not held young horses training optional
Index

Other moves recorded from livestock worker

Full index of moves from livestock worker

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a livestock worker become an equine yard manager?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A livestock worker already covers 26% of what an equine yard manager is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 4 of which the equine yard manager role treats as required.

What skills does a livestock worker need to become an equine yard manager?

12 required skills are missing, plus 21 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is agricultural business management.

How hard is the move from livestock worker to equine yard manager?

Its learning distance is 75.2 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.