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Career profile · 12 to 15

Equine Behaviourist

Understand why horses do what they do, and help owners and horses get on.

Self-employed or with practicesProblem-solving workStudy first, then supervised practice

See this for age 8 to 1116 to 17

A day in the life

  1. Read a new client's notes and videos
  2. Watch a horse at home in its herd
  3. Explain what the horse is saying to the owner
  4. Build a step-by-step training plan
  5. Write up the visit and book a follow-up

Skills you will need

  • Close observation
  • Science thinking
  • Explaining kindly
  • Patience
  • Record keeping
  • Problem solving

Skills

The skills this career uses

Longer bars show what matters most for a equine behaviourist 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

Reading Equine Body Language

Helps with: behaviour and handling, safety and first aid.

Coming soon
Then

Understanding Herd Behaviour

Helps with: behaviour and handling.

Coming soon
After that

Why Horses Are Prey Animals, and What That Means

Helps with: behaviour and handling, safety and first aid.

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. Understanding Herd BehaviourComing soon
  2. Reading Equine Body LanguageComing soon
  3. Why Horses Are Prey Animals, and What That MeansComing soon
  4. The Horse's Senses: Seeing the World DifferentlyComing soon
  5. The Horse's Memory: Why They Never ForgetComing soon
  6. The Science of a Horse's Comfort ZoneComing soon

After this route

Volunteer at a horse rescue

Coming at 16 to 17At 16 you can start recognised training: 0 UKRS accredited courses and 3 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.