Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a sheep breeder can go next

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

Sheep breeders oversee the production and day-to-day care of sheep. They maintain the health and welfare of sheep.

Also known as shearer, sheep rearer, sheep specialist, sheep breeders, goat breeder.

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: zookeeper, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
zookeeper 67% covered zoo section leader 53% covered catcher 52% covered animal shelter worker 50% covered dog trainer 46% covered sheep breeder You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sheep breeder, 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 sheep breeder 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 sheep breeder needs 30 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
  • breed sheep handling and moving
  • conduct shearing of wool handling and moving
  • process dairy farm products working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • feed livestock handling and moving
  • monitor livestock handling and moving
  • dispose of dead animals handling and moving
  • select livestock handling and moving
  • care for juvenile animals handling and moving
  • manage livestock handling and moving
  • manage the health and welfare of livestock handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Sheep breeder is filed under Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers, ISCO major group 6. 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 sheep breeder’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.