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Career profile · 16 to 17

Riding School Instructor

Teach riders of every age to be safe, kind and confident with horses.

Riding schools and clubsLots of people contactCoaching awards later

See this for age 8 to 1112 to 15

A day in the life

  1. Check horses and plan the day's lessons
  2. Teach a beginners' group lesson
  3. One-to-one lesson for a nervous rider
  4. Run a stable management session
  5. Update records and talk to parents

Skills you will need

  • Clear instructions
  • Patience
  • Safety awareness
  • Reading horse and rider
  • Leadership
  • Encouraging people

Skills

The skills this career uses

Longer bars show what matters most for a riding school instructor at 16 to 17.

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 16 to 17

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

Start here

Equine First Aid

Helps with: safety and first aid, horse care.

UKRS accredited
Then

Leadership

Helps with: people and communication, business and planning.

UKRS: being checked
After that

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

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

UKRS: being checked

Your route · 16 to 17

Your Launch route

Do these in any order. Only courses for 16 to 17 are shown.

Launch16 to 17
  1. Launch a Riding SchoolComing soon
  2. LeadershipUKRS: being checked
  3. Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable AdultsUKRS: being checked
  4. Equine First AidUKRS accredited
  5. Customer ServiceUKRS: being checked
  6. Communication and Confidence for WorkWork preparation
  7. Understanding Your Strengths for WorkWork preparation

After this route

Assistant instructor

UK Rural Skills Approved Provider

1 UKRS accredited course on this route, plus 3 more we are checking

Recognised training you can show colleges and employers. Courses marked "being checked" only open as UKRS accredited once their standard and minimum age are confirmed.

Next steps

What to do next

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.