Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from general veterinarian. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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general veterinarian is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 general veterinarian 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.