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Where a guide dog instructor can go next

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

Guide dog instructors train dogs to be responsible in guiding blind people to travel effectively. They plan the training sessions, match guide dogs with their clients and ensure overall routine care of the training dogs. Guide dog instructors also provide advice to the blind people in the use of techniques that facilitate dogs' travel skills and mobility.

Also known as guide dog trainer, assistance dog instructor, hearing dog instructor, guide dog mobility instructor, seeing-eye dog trainer, guide dog for the blind instructor, GDMI.

Service and sales workers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dog trainer, 57%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dog trainer 57% covered animal shelter worker 54% covered kennel supervisor 45% covered horse trainer 42% covered kennel worker 42% covered guide dog instructor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from guide dog instructor, 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 guide dog instructor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A guide dog instructor needs 16 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
  • guide dog training methods agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • dog behaviour natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • evaluate dogs handling and moving
  • assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together management skills
  • train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
  • visual disability health and welfare
  • provide animal training handling and moving
  • protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring
  • advise customers on appropriate pet care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create animal records information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a guide dog instructor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Guide dog instructor 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 a guide dog instructor’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.