841238 Stablehand

Registration or licensing may be required.

• Horse and Stud Worker
• Horse Strapper
• Stable Groom
• Stud Groom

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 4: AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, or at least one year of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 4: NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience

• Feeds, waters, grooms, and brushes horses to maintain their health, appearance, and cleanliness
• Cleans and maintains stables
• Assembles, prepares, and stores feed, bedding, and horse equipment
• Assists with saddling and bridling horses
• Assists with exercising horses by walking, lunging, and long reining, riding (excluding galloping), leading, and swimming
• May assist with readying horses for sales, breeding, and race days, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials, and races
• May administer equine first aid and assist in the delivery of some allied therapies, including massage therapies and ice boots