Drivers of Animal-drawn Vehicles and Machinery: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Drivers of Animal-drawn Vehicles and Machinery is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 9332) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Animal-drawn vehicle driver
- Animal train driver
- Mahout
Latest drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
4 open ads- Carriage driver
German title: Kutscher / Gespannführer
Restaurant Friesenpesel Inh. Annemarie Pezzi · Hallig Hooge · Posted 2025-10-16 - Drivers for our Laundry worker (/x) in daily shuttle service, laundry coachman
German title: Kraftfahrer für unsere Wäscherei (/x) im Tagespendeldienst, Wäscherei Kutscher
Wäscherei Kutscher · Posted 2026-10-12 - Carriage driver
German title: Kutscher
Rüdiger Hasenbalg · Bad Harzburg · Posted 2026-02-05 - Employees sought for our equestrian holiday business or, alternatively, a stable help
German title: Mitarbeiter für unserer Reiterferienbetrieb oder alternativ auch eine Stallhilfe gesucht
Reßing Pferdepension GbR · Hünxe · Posted 2026-07-28
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Where drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all workers in elementary occupations (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | Shortage | €952 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Italy | Shortage | €1,850 a month * | Rome: €1,300 |
| Slovakia | Shortage | €910 a month | Bratislava: €910 |
| Spain | Shortage | €1,523 a month | Madrid: €1,300 |
| Finland | Shortage and surplus | €2,454 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Hungary | Shortage and surplus | €683 a month * | Budapest: €910 |
| Austria | Surplus | €2,243 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Greece | Surplus | €1,130 a month * | Athens: €1,150 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all workers in elementary occupations in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery do
Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery drive animal-drawn vehicles to transport passengers or goods, as well as animal-drawn machinery usually in connection with farming.
Typical tasks
- Harnessing animals and hitching them to vehicles or machinery
- Loading or unloading goods, or assisting passengers in getting on or off a vehicle
- Driving animals in the desired direction with due regard to other traffic and traffic regulations
- Collecting fares or charges
- Driving animals to haul wagons in mines or quarries
- Driving animals hitched to farm or other machinery
- Driving working elephants
- Maintaining vehicle or machinery, making minor repairs and installing replacement parts
- Grooming and feeding animals
Finding drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Mahout".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.