Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a specialised veterinarian can go next

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

Specialised 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. In addition they need a recognized qualification and/or experience in a specific species and/or veterinary procedure.

Also known as zoological medicine veterinarian, emergency medicine veterinarian, poultry veterinary scientist, sports medicine and rehabilitation veterinarian, diagnostic imaging veterinarian, wildlife health management veterinarian, veterinary comparative nutritionist, veterinary dentist, herpetological medicine veterinarian, veterinary parasitologist, specialized vet, equine internal medicine veterinarian.

Professionals 72 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: official veterinarian, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
official veterinarian 78% covered animal handler 75% covered animal massage therapist 73% covered animal hydrotherapist 73% covered animal chiropractor 72% covered specialised veterinarian You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from specialised veterinarian, 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 specialised veterinarian already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A specialised veterinarian needs 44 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
  • apply specialised veterinary knowledge handling and moving
  • implant microchips in animals handling and moving
  • perform euthanasia on animals handling and moving
  • perform gross post mortem examination on animals information skills
  • perform surgical procedures on animals handling and moving
  • prescribe animal medications handling and moving
  • provide sedation to animals handling and moving
  • apply veterinary epidemiology handling and moving
  • certify the performance of veterinary procedures information skills
  • collect samples from animals handling and moving
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Specialised veterinarian 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 specialised veterinarian’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.