9921-15 Stud Hand or Stable Hand
Assists with maintaining and cleaning stables and handling horses and other stud animals.
Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is completion of compulsory secondary education or higher qualification.
Tasks Include:
- grooms, feeds and cares for stud animals
- exercises horses by walking, riding, leading or swimming
- attends to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
- cleans stables, feeds horses and stores feed and bedding
- assists with basic veterinary care of horses or other stud animals
- reports on the condition of stud animals
- performs minor maintenance on stable fixtures, buildings and fences
- assembles, prepares and stores horse gear
- travels with animals as required
- may ride horses in training work
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