Horse Supply Shop Assistant Career Profile
- Career Name - Horse Supply Shop Assistant
- Category - Animal Care / Farming & Livestock Management
- Skills Required - Life skills 40% - Career skills 60%
- Basic School Subjects - Language, Business Studies, Biology
- Minimum Required Education - High School Certificate
- Species Worked With - Farm Animals
- Kind of Interaction with Animals - Direct
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What is a horse supply shop assistant?
A horse supply shop assistant works and performs various sales and general administrative duties within a shop that sells supplies to horse owners.
Alternative Names
Also known as:
- Horse Supply Store Worker
- Horse Tack Shop Assistant
Career Categories
The Horse Supply Shop Assistant career can be found in the following career categories:
- Animal Care
- Farming & Livestock Management
A good market?
The horse product market is estimated to be worth over US$ 300 billion
Domestication?
Horses were domesticated for human use more than 4000 years ago
What does a Horse Supply Shop Assistant do?
Groups of animals a Horse Supply Shop Assistant works with
What is the level of Interaction with the Animals?
- Directly - A person works directly with the animals with some form of physical contact at least once every few days
- Indirectly - The career doesn't require direct or physical contact at all.
What does a Horse Supply Shop Assistant focus on?
A horse supply shop assistant performs various general duties in a shop, from helping to keep the shop clean, the products displayed correctly, to assisting customers in their shopping choices.
With who does a Horse Supply Shop Assistant work?
Besides working with all of the animals, Horse Supply Shop Assistants will need to interact with other people while doing their daily tasks. The people might include fellow staff members or the public.
Fellow staff might include:
- Operational staff, such as Human Resources, Finance and Maintenance
What are the daily tasks of a Horse Supply Shop Assistant?
- Daily upkeep of a store
- Sell supplies including food, medicine, tackle and promotional material
- Assist customers, answering questions and offering product advice
- Keep the store clean
- Stock shelves, order products from distributors, and maintain records on the products
The Work Environment of a Horse Supply Shop Assistant
Where does a Horse Supply Shop Assistant work?
Environment –
Horse supply shop assistants mainly work indoors, within the store itself. More hands on assistants might be requested to transport stock to customers, or work outside in a closed in storage area.
Places of Employment –
In local horse supply shops.
What is the average annual salary of a Horse Supply Shop Assistant?
A horse supply shop assistant can make around US$30,000 per year.
Can a Horse Supply Shop Assistant be promoted?
An assistant with relevant years of experience may be promoted to Store Manager, or move on to other animal care careers, such as animal caretakers, kennel workers, or rescue center staff. They may also decide to venture into business by opening their own store.
What are the difficulties a Horse Supply Shop Assistant faces?
​The work will usually include a significant amount of weekend work and can also involve working evenings, especially in some of the larger stores.
Future Growth and Possibilities
The market is growing good, at almost 10% per year.
Which Skills does a Horse Supply Shop Assistant require?
The skills required for a career as a horse supply shop assistant can be divided into two very important groups. The first is the group containing life skills, which are the core skills that are necessary or desirable for full participation in everyday life. The second group is career skills, or the specific skills required to allow a person to enter and operate effectively within a specific career. Some or maybe even all of the life skills can assist in strengthening the career skills, and they might even be the same for specific careers.
Life Skills
- Self-awareness
- Empathy
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Decision making
- Problem Solving
- Effective communication
- Interpersonal relationship
Career Skills
- ​Basic customer service skills
- Good health and physical fitness
- Basic computer literacy
Which Subjects must I have at School to help prepare for this Career?
Language will be the best subject to have, as it will teach you how to effectively communicate with fellow staff members, and the public.
Biology will be valuable in understanding some of the info regarding horse anatomy, movement and product requirements.
Business Studies will be important for your future development and possible promotion. It will also be essential if you think about opening your own shop one day.
These subjects are the ones recognized around the world. The subjects you choose at school are important as they lay the foundation for further studies at college or university. While still at school, it’s also important to learn more about the animals you will work with, as well as gain some experience.
OZT has a list of various tertiary institutions where you can study further, after school. Each of these institutions also have their own Group page on OZT where you will find the exact subjects they require of you to have passed in school. Keep these requirements in mind, and discuss it with your school, guidance counselor and parents to ensure that you are prepared!
What will I need to Study to become a Horse Supply Shop Assistant?
Minimum Requirements
Generally, horse supply store assistants must have at least a minimum of a high school certificate, when working for an established business. There are no further requirements, however experience with horses and a horse related qualification will enhance your CV and put you in a strong position when applying for jobs.
Although further education is not necessary, the best assistants learns additional skills on the job, or acquire skills through completing short courses.
Study Focus
When you do decide to further your skills, you might want to focus on short courses that specializes in caring for horses as well as dealing with their behavioral issues. To enable promotion to Manager, in-house training and courses in management will be good.
Study Duration
The duration of short courses differ, but can range from a few days to a few weeks.
​​Possible Career Preparation Paths
If this is your dream career that you want to pursue, then it’s important to plan the way forward.
Why is planning important?
​To ensure that you understand the requirements for your career, and that you are always prepared for the next step on the road towards your dream. A Preparation Path is like your road map to where you want to be.
Possible Paths:
Possible Combined Career Paths
It is possible to sometimes combine two or more related careers. This normally happens when you study and practice a specific main career, but the knowledge and experience gained also help you to have a paying hobby or secondary income career.
Possible Alternative(s):
Stepping Stone Career
Being an accessories maker can also be used as a stepping stone career. A stepping stone career is one which is used to help you get to another career, normally because the other career is too difficult to reach (sometimes due to things like high fees etc).
You can begin as an apprentice designer after basic short courses and expert guidance (maybe working under a mentor). The money made can then be used to pay for studies towards a promotion or another career, and the experience helps in gaining knowledge. One paying to help get to the other.
Some of the possible paths:
Training and apprenticeship
Even though it is important to study to get into some of the animal careers, most of the skills you will need will be acquired through on-the-job training. This means that you will learn how to perform some of the daily tasks by actually doing it a few times and learning the steps.
If you do want to work for a business, entry level positions (or junior positions) require training sessions even before you are allowed to actually perform your job duties. These sessions are offered by the place of employment, after you have successfully applied.
Apprenticeship is also possible where you need to learn skills from a more senior person or expert. The more hands on careers, such as animal trainers might require apprenticeship.
Join the Horse Supply Shop Assistants Group in the OZT Community learn more and even interact with the educational institutions that will help you secure your dream career!
Average level of education for people entering the career
Licenses, Certificate, Registration and Professional Associations
Certain animal careers require some form of legal certification to prove that you can indeed do the work, and work with the necessary equipment.
Although not required by law, certifications may help workers establish their credentials and enhance their skills.
Learn more about requirements by joining the OZT Community.
Professional Associations
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Where can I study further?
All of the above information will help you understand more about the Career, including the fact that there are different paths to take to reach it. But if you are almost done with High School (Grades 11 or 12), you also need to start thinking about further studies, and WHERE you will study.
See the List of Universities, Colleges and Online Training Academies who offer courses towards animal care and training.
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