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Where an animal facility manager can go next

2 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an animal facility manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Animal facility managers coordinate and plan all activities of a zoo. They formulate policies, manage daily operations, and plan the use of materials and human resources. They are the driving force and public face of their institution. This often involves representing their institution on a national, regional and global scale and taking part in coordinated zoo activities.

Also known as aquarium CEO, aquarium managing director, zoo COO, aquarium COO, zoo managing director, zoo CEO, aquarium chief executive officer, zoo chief executive officer, zoo chief operating officer, aquarium chief operating officer.

Managers 20 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: zoo curator, 25%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 2 nearest destinations from animal facility manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an animal facility manager already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An animal facility manager needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

develop visitor engagement strategies management skills
read zoo reports information skills
zoo community business, administration and law
zoo exhibit design arts and humanities
zoo regulations business, administration and law
manage zoo staff management skills
organise zoological exhibitions management skills
oversee animal management management skills
respond to visitor complaints communication, collaboration and creativity
work effectively with animal-related organisations communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an animal facility manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Animal facility manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an animal facility manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.