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Career profile · 12 to 15

Horse Groom

Keep horses healthy, comfortable and ready for their day.

Yards, studs and competition teamsEarly starts, outdoorsStarts with work experience

See this for age 8 to 1116 to 17

A day in the life

  1. Check every horse, give breakfast and water
  2. Muck out and set fair the stables
  3. Groom, check legs and feet, tack up
  4. Turn out, feed lunch, clean tack
  5. Bring in, rug up, evening feed and final checks

Skills you will need

  • Reading a horse's mood
  • Stable routines
  • Spotting injury early
  • Teamwork
  • Reliability
  • Calm handling

Skills

The skills this career uses

Longer bars show what matters most for a horse groom 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

Feed the Herd

Helps with: horse care, business and planning.

Coming soon
After that

Design Your Dream Yard

Helps with: horse care, business and planning, 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. Reading Equine Body LanguageComing soon
  2. Feed the HerdComing soon
  3. The Science of a Horse's Comfort ZoneComing soon
  4. Design Your Dream YardComing soon
  5. Fight or Flight: The Horse's Survival InstinctComing soon

After this route

Volunteer at a yard or rescue

Coming at 16 to 17At 16 you can start recognised training: 2 UKRS accredited courses and 2 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.