Also called: Police Stable Attendant, Barn Manager
Cares for the horses of a police mounted unit: feeding, grooming, and cleaning stalls.
Stable hands start early, feeding horses, mucking stalls, grooming, and helping the farrier and vet. They keep police horses healthy and calm for crowd duty. It's a quiet, behind-the-scenes job at a big-city department.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No formal education; horse experience required.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Equine Science.
Growing slowly. Very few positions.
Low risk for 10 years. Feeding, mucking and grooming police horses stays physical work no robot does well.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply on your city or police jobs site for stable attendant openings in the mounted unit First: Horse care experience plus a city hiring process with background check
Classes: Animal science / FFA, Agriculture CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-2021.
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