groom
ISCO: 9212. Skills: 41. Essential: 26.
Essential skills
- animal nutrition
- animal welfare legislation
- assist animal birth
- biology
- breed stock
- breed-specific behaviour of horses
- clean stalls
- control animal movement
- control livestock disease
- equine dental diseases
- keep task records
- livestock reproduction
- livestock species
- maintain farm equipment
- maintain pastures
- maintain the farm
- operate agricultural machinery
- perform farm equipment hygiene
- provide nutrition to animals
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- teach young horses
- train horses
- training equipment for riding
- transport horses
- transportation vehicles for horses
- young horses training
Supporting skills
- advise horse owners on farriery requirements
- agricultural business management
- agritourism
- analyse animal locomotion
- assess equid footcare requirements
- assess lameness in horses
- assess requirement for horseshoes
- attach horseshoes
- clean horse's legs
- make farrier tools and supplies
- manage horse events
- prepare equid hooves
- project management principles
- provide care for horses
- safe horseback riding principles