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Career profile · 12 to 15

Equine Nutritionist

Plan what horses eat so they stay healthy, happy and full of energy.

Feed companies, yards, practicesScience and mathsStudy, then advisory roles

See this for age 8 to 1116 to 17

A day in the life

  1. Answer owners' feeding questions
  2. Weigh and condition-score horses on a yard visit
  3. Work out a ration on the calculator
  4. Check forage and supplements
  5. Write a feeding plan and follow-up

Skills you will need

  • Maths and measuring
  • Science thinking
  • Attention to detail
  • Explaining clearly
  • Customer care
  • Record keeping

Skills

The skills this career uses

Longer bars show what matters most for a equine nutritionist 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

Feed the Herd

Helps with: horse care, business and planning.

Coming soon
Then

The Science of a Horse's Comfort Zone

Helps with: behaviour and handling, horse care.

Coming soon
After that

Invent a Horse Tech Gadget

Helps with: horse care, business and planning.

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. Feed the HerdComing soon
  2. The Science of a Horse's Comfort ZoneComing soon
  3. Invent a Horse Tech GadgetComing soon
  4. Design an Eco-Friendly StableComing soon

After this route

Science and maths projects

Coming at 16 to 17At 16 you can start recognised training: 1 UKRS accredited course 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.