Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a general veterinarian can go next

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

General veterinarians are professionals with a comprehensive scientific education. They have the authority to carry out, in an independent, ethical and personally responsible capacity, all aspects of veterinary medicine, in the interest of the health and welfare of animals and public health in accordance with national and international legislation. The generalist veterinarian can work with any species, however they may choose to work with a single species or types such as equine, companion or production animals.

Also known as family vet, general veterinarians, companion animal veterinarian, comprehensive vet, food production animal veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, equine veterinarian, general vet, all-purpose veterinary.

Professionals 77 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: official veterinarian, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
official veterinarian 79% covered animal physiotherapist 78% covered animal chiropractor 78% covered animal massage therapist 77% covered animal hydrotherapist 77% covered general veterinarian You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from general veterinarian, 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 a general veterinarian 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

A general veterinarian needs 53 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
  • provide veterinary information to the public communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise animal handling for veterinary activities handling and moving
  • treat pain for veterinary patients handling and moving
  • animal food products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • implant microchips in animals handling and moving
  • perform euthanasia on animals handling and moving
  • perform gross post mortem examination on animals information skills
  • perform surgical procedures on animals handling and moving
  • prescribe animal medications handling and moving
  • provide sedation to animals handling and moving
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General veterinarian is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 a general veterinarian’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.