Horse riding instructor

Code 3423.3

Horse riding instructors advise and guide individuals and groups on riding horses. They conduct lessons and teach the techniques of horse riding including stopping, making turns, show-riding and jumping. They motivate their clients and help improve their performance.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • horse riding
  • horse riding equipment

Skills and competences

  • apply risk management in sports
  • develop sports programmes
  • demonstrate when teaching
  • maintain customer service
  • demonstrate professional attitude to clients
  • organise sporting environment
  • ride horses

Transversal competences

  • adapt teaching to target group
  • give constructive feedback
  • instruct in sport
  • plan sports instruction programme

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences