Where a dog trainer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dog trainer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Dog trainers train animals and/or dog 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 greyhound trainer, sheepdog trainer, dog training instructor, guide dog trainer, canine behaviourist, police dog trainer, agility dog trainer, security dog trainer, canine training centre worker, dog handler trainer, pet dog trainer, gun dog trainer.
Service and sales workers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: horse trainer, 82%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A dog trainer 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.
- dog behaviour natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
- provide animal training handling and moving
- protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring
- provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- treat animals ethically assisting and caring
- implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
- biosecurity related to animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- provide first aid to animals handling and moving
- assess animal behaviour handling and moving
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a dog trainer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- guide dog instructor 57% covered · difficulty 49.3
- animal shelter worker 51% covered · difficulty 53.9
- kennel supervisor 51% covered · difficulty 54.1
- kennel worker 50% covered · difficulty 55.2
- cattle breeder 46% covered · difficulty 59.2
- horse breeder 46% covered · difficulty 59.2
- pig breeder 46% covered · difficulty 59.2
- sheep breeder 46% covered · difficulty 59.2
- fur animals breeder 42% covered · difficulty 62.6
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Dog trainer 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 a dog 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.