Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

livestock workertogroom

A livestock worker already meets 40% of what the groom role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From livestock worker
40%
Overlap1
To groom
13 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
67.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.8/ 100

1 Share of the groom role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the livestock 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.

Why

Why this move works

A groom role treats 12 of its required skills as things a livestock worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • animal nutrition
  • assist animal birth
  • biology
  • breed stock
  • control livestock disease
  • equine dental diseases

What stands in the way is 14 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 13 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 livestock worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform farm equipment hygiene handling and moving
  • 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 farm equipment constructing

All 13 carried skills, including the 12 the groom role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held clean stalls required
  • required, not held control animal movement required
  • required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
  • required, not held teach young horses required
  • required, not held transport horses required
  • optional, not held assess equid footcare requirements optional
  • optional, not held attach horseshoes optional
  • optional, not held clean horse's legs 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
02 services 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held training equipment for riding required
  • required, not held transportation vehicles for horses required
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 required
  • required, not held livestock reproduction required
  • required, not held young horses training required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required
  • required, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses required
  • required, not held livestock species required
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • optional, not held agricultural business management optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
06 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held keep task records required
  • optional, not held analyse animal locomotion optional
  • optional, not held assess lameness in horses optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held animal nutrition knowledge
  • already held assist animal birth skill
  • already held biology knowledge
  • already held breed stock skill
  • already held control livestock disease skill
  • already held equine dental diseases knowledge
  • already held maintain farm equipment skill
  • already held maintain pastures skill
  • already held maintain the farm skill
  • already held operate agricultural machinery skill
  • already held perform farm equipment hygiene skill
  • already held train horses skill
  • already held agritourism knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements optional
  • optional, not held assess requirement for horseshoes optional
09 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage horse events optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise horse owners on farriery requirements optional
  • optional, not held agricultural business management optional
  • optional, not held analyse animal locomotion optional
  • optional, not held assess equid footcare requirements optional
  • optional, not held assess lameness in horses optional
  • optional, not held assess requirement for horseshoes optional
  • optional, not held attach horseshoes optional
  • optional, not held clean horse's legs 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 project management principles optional
38 held skills the groom role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role agronomical production principles 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 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 order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform milk control skill
  • not needed by the target role present the farm facilities 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
10 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held training equipment for riding required
  • required, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses required
  • required, not held livestock reproduction required
  • required, not held livestock species required
  • required, not held transportation vehicles for horses required
  • required, not held young horses training required
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • optional, not held agricultural business management optional
  • optional, not held safe horseback riding principles optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from livestock worker

Full index of moves from livestock worker

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.