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Where a zoo educator can go next

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

Zoo educators teach visitors about the animals living at the zoo/aquarium as well as other species and habitats. They provide information about management of zoos, its collection of animals, and wildlife conservation. Zoo educators can be involved in both formal and informal learning opportunities ranging from production of information signs at enclosures to delivering classroom sessions linked to school or university curricula. Depending on the size of the organisation the education team may be a single person or a large team. Consequently the optional skills required are very broad and will vary from organisation to organisation. Zoo educators also promote conservation efforts. This can involve work within the zoo but also in the field as part of any zoo outreach project(s).

Also known as learning officer, visitor educator, education instructor, schools engagement officer, educator, guest experience assistant, conservation educator, aquarium educator, engagement officer.

Service and sales workers 32 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: zoo section leader, 25%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from zoo educator, 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 zoo educator already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A zoo educator needs 15 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

zoo community business, administration and law
communicate with target community communication, collaboration and creativity
animal evolution arts and humanities
establish educational network communication, collaboration and creativity
educate people about nature communication, collaboration and creativity
applied zoology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
coordinate educational programmes management skills
conduct educational activities communication, collaboration and creativity
study topics information skills
develop educational resources communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

political party agent 19% covered · difficulty 77

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Zoo educator 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 zoo educator’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.