From livestock worker to groom
10 of the 26 essential skills of a groom are already essential for a livestock worker — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from livestock worker in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 26
- essential skills of a groom
What a groom does
Grooms provide practical daily horse care to ensure the horses health, welfare and safety. They take part in exercising horses, cleaning and maintaining the stables, buildings and territory.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a groom and not for a livestock worker. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- animal welfare legislation
- breed-specific behaviour of horses
- clean stalls
- control animal movement
- equine dental diseases
- keep task records
- livestock reproduction
- livestock species
- 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
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How far are you from being a groom?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.