Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an animal trainer can go next

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

Animal trainers train animals and/or animal handlers for general and specific purposes, including assistance, security, leisure, competition, transportation, obedience and routine handling, entertainment and education, in accordance with national legislation.

Also known as cat behaviourist, dog training specialist, animal behaviour trainer, canine training specialist, pet trainer, animal behaviour training specialist, animal trainers, canine trainer, zoo animal trainer.

Service and sales workers 67 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: animal osteopath, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
animal osteopath 78% covered animal physiotherapist 78% covered animal chiropractor 78% covered animal massage therapist 77% covered animal hydrotherapist 77% covered animal trainer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from animal trainer, 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 trainer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An animal trainer needs 26 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
  • design training programmes for individuals and animals management skills
  • train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
  • practise veterinary professional codes of conduct assisting and caring
  • assistive instruments health and welfare
  • provide animal training handling and moving
  • provide an enriching environment for animals 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Animal trainer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. 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 trainer’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.