Skills
38 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
8 skills
Essential skills / competences
12 skills
Optional knowledge
2 skills
Optional skills / competences
16 skills
Overview
Horse trainers develop horses and riders for handling, leisure riding, competition, transport, assistance or education through planned exercises and careful observation of behaviour.
In job descriptions, look for horse training, young horses, welfare routines, feeding, first aid, rider instruction, stable safety, training programmes and customer advice about care.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Horse trainers work around stables, arenas, yards and riders. They plan exercises, read horse behaviour, build obedience and confidence, handle young horses and adjust sessions to animal condition and rider ability.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include horse training, ethical animal handling, welfare routines, feeding, first aid, training programmes and customer advice. Specialization may involve competition, leisure riding, assistance work, transport handling or young horses.
Salary context
Salary context depends on the training setting, number and value of horses, rider instruction, competition preparation, stable duties, travel and responsibility for animal welfare and safety.
Career paths
Paths can move toward senior trainer, riding instructor, stable manager, competition support, young-horse development, animal welfare coordination or self-employed training services.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies mention horse type, training purpose, rider instruction, stable routines, welfare duties, customer contact and travel. These details show the balance between hands-on horse work and teaching.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
animal trainer (5164.2.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4ac3c3a0-eb56-491f-8d21-1e5539a05b54 |
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| ESCO code | 5164.2.1.2 |
| ISCO group | 5164 |
| Concept type | Occupation |