Jockey
What the work is
Rides horses in competitive races, race trials and in exercise.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Rides horses in competitive races, race trials and in exercise
- Maintains a high level of physical fitness through regular exercise and training
- Monitors the health and condition of horses and reports any concerns to trainers
- Attends race meetings and participates in pre-race briefings
- Weighs in and out before and after races to ensure compliance with weight requirements
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a professional football club's training base and a regional golf course, in a fictional state. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A training session where the passing is crisp and the whole squad is laughing
- A good round on a hard course that you built shot by shot
- A young fan asks for a signature and you remember being that kid
Hard days
- A bad run of form, with everyone watching and no place to hide
- Sitting out injured while your teammates play
- Travelling for days on end, living in hotels and missing your own family and friends
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 462633, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.