Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a livestock advisor can go next

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

Livestock advisors provide complex specialist advice to farmers and livestock breeders to ensure that their business and production is optimised.

Also known as livestock consultant, agriculture advisor, agricultural business advisor, agricultural zootechnologist, agricultural advisor, livestock business advisor.

Professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: poultry sexer, 56%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
poultry sexer 56% covered mixed farmer 49% covered farm milk controller 43% covered bee breeder 43% covered pig breeder 42% covered livestock advisor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from livestock advisor, 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 livestock advisor 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 livestock advisor needs 24 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
  • make decisions regarding livestock management management skills
  • comply with agricultural code of practice assisting and caring
  • estimate costs in farm information skills
  • research livestock production information skills
  • advise on livestock productivity communication, collaboration and creativity
  • livestock selection principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • quality criteria for livestock feed production agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • livestock farming systems agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • livestock feeding agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • use agricultural information systems and databases information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Livestock advisor 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 livestock advisor’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.