Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a kennel supervisor can go next

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

Kennel supervisors monitor the daily operations of the kennel under their supervision. They ensure that the pets kept in kennels are being properly handled and cared for. Kennel supervisors supervise the working staff and maintain contact with the owners of the pets while they drop off or pick up the pets.

Also known as pet boarding manager, dog/cat boarding manager, dog/cat kennel manager, pet boarding supervisor, kennel operator, kennel manager, dog/cat boarding supervisor, pet boarding operator, animal care manager, animal care supervisor, dog/cat kennel supervisor.

Service and sales workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: animal shelter worker, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
animal shelter worker 66% covered dog trainer 51% covered guide dog instructor 49% covered animal care attendant 46% covered pet sitter 45% covered kennel supervisor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from kennel supervisor, 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 kennel supervisor 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 kennel supervisor needs 21 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
  • instruct on animal care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring
  • work with veterinarians handling and moving
  • advise customers on appropriate pet care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • animal nutrition agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • assess animal behaviour handling and moving
  • anatomy of animals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • physiology of animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • animal behaviour agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • control animal movement handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Kennel supervisor is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a kennel supervisor’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.