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Career profile · 12 to 15

Equestrian Entrepreneur

Turn a horse idea into your own business, from brand to first customer.

Your own businessCreative and boldStarts with a small side project

See this for age 8 to 1116 to 17

A day in the life

  1. Answer customer messages and orders
  2. Plan this week's social media posts
  3. Meet a yard about a partnership
  4. Update the budget and stock list
  5. Design a new product idea

Skills you will need

  • Ideas and creativity
  • Marketing
  • Money and budgets
  • Pitching
  • Customer service
  • Resilience

Skills

The skills this career uses

Longer bars show what matters most for a equestrian entrepreneur at 12 to 15.

Horse careFeeding, grooming, health
Behaviour and handlingReading and handling horses
People and communicationCustomers, teams, teaching
Safety and first aidKeeping people and horses safe
Business and planningMoney, plans, marketing

Your own career card

Soon, when you log in, you can tick your experience, mark courses done and see exactly what to grow next.

Suggested

Your best first courses, for 12 to 15

The three courses that build the most useful skills for this career at your age.

Start here

Launch a Pop-Up Pony Experience

Helps with: business and planning, people and communication, safety and first aid.

Coming soon
Then

Plan a Horse Show

Helps with: people and communication, business and planning, safety and first aid.

Coming soon
After that

Create a Horse Rescue Fundraiser

Helps with: people and communication, business and planning, horse care.

Coming soon

Your route · 12 to 15

Your Develop route

Do these in any order. Only courses for 12 to 15 are shown.

Develop12 to 15
  1. Start Your Own Equestrian BrandComing soon
  2. Build a Social Media Campaign for a YardComing soon
  3. Launch a Pop-Up Pony ExperienceComing soon
  4. Plan a Horse ShowComing soon
  5. Create a Horse Rescue FundraiserComing soon

After this route

Young enterprise or business club

Coming at 16 to 17At 16 you can start recognised training: 0 UKRS accredited courses and 4 more we are checking, plus help getting ready for work.

Next steps

What to do next

Ask a parent or carer first, and choose places that have a safeguarding policy.

Courses marked "UKRS: being checked" are working examples from the UKRS library of more than 50 courses. Each is checked against its exact standard, minimum age and approval before it is offered or described as UKRS accredited. All courses are coming soon.