Where an animal handler can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an animal handler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Animal handlers are in charge of handling animals in a working role and continue the training of the animal, in accordance with national legislation.
Also known as animal carer, stud animal handler, animal handlers, animal care assistant.
Service and sales workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: pet sitter, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An animal handler needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- handle working animals handling and moving
- provide animal training handling and moving
- provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- manage animal welfare handling and moving
- treat animals ethically assisting and caring
- implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting services
- environmental enrichment for animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- provide nutrition to animals handling and moving
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an animal handler does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- animal therapist 78% covered · difficulty 30.7
- specialised veterinarian 75% covered · difficulty 33.4
- pet sitter 74% covered · difficulty 34.6
- animal groomer 73% covered · difficulty 35.9
- alternative animal therapist 68% covered · difficulty 40.8
- veterinary nurse 68% covered · difficulty 41
- veterinary technician 67% covered · difficulty 41.9
- animal artificial insemination technician 60% covered · difficulty 48.8
- animal osteopath 60% covered · difficulty 48.9
- animal embryo transfer technician 59% covered · difficulty 50.1
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Animal handler is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an animal handler’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.