Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a animal shelter worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a animal shelter worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Animal shelter workers provide animal care routine services at the animal shelter. They receive animals brought to the shelter, respond to calls about lost or injured animals, nurse animals, clean cages, handle papers for adoption of animals, transport animals to the veterinarian and maintain database with the animals present in the shelter.

Service and sales workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: kennel worker, 65%

kennel worker 65% covered kennel supervisor 59% covered dog trainer 51% covered pet sitter 48% covered dog breeder 47% covered animal shelter worker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from animal shelter worker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a animal shelter worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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animal shelter worker is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a animal shelter worker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.