Senior Horse Stable or Stud Worker
What the work is
Oversees the raising, feeding, exercise, treatment and welfare of horses on a horse farm or stable. Prepares horses for work, sport and recreation.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Supervises horse farm or stable activities, including feeding, exercising, grooming and readying of horses for work, sport or recreational activities
- Oversees the rearing of young horses, including the wellbeing of broodmares, foals, weanlings and yearlings
- Supervises Stablehands, overseeing the cleaning and maintenance of stables and horse equipment
- Supervises the assembly, preparation and storing of feed, bedding and horse equipment
- Prepares and attends to horses for transportation to race days and other sports and recreational activities
- May train new Stablehands
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional mixed sheep and cattle property on a dry country plain, with yards, paddocks and a shearing shed. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A mob of healthy lambs running across a green paddock after good rain
- A young worker learns to read stock behaviour because you showed them how
- A long day finished well, with the stock settled and the gates shut behind you
Hard days
- A dry spell, empty troughs and a decision about moving stock
- Long days alone in the saddle or on the bike, far from the homestead
- A sick animal on a day when the vet is hours away
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 343234, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.