alternative animal therapisttoequine dental technician
A alternative animal therapist already meets 62% of what the equine dental technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
44/ 100
1 Share of the equine dental technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the alternative animal therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A equine dental technician role treats 12 of its required skills as things a alternative animal therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- communicate with customers
- deal with challenging people
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A equine dental technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a alternative animal therapist background worth leading with.
- already held maintain veterinary clinical records information skills
- already held veterinary terminology agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held understand the animal's situation handling and moving
- already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector management skills
- already held assess animal's condition information skills
- already held environmental enrichment for animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 17 carried skills, including the 12 the equine dental technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held carry out equine dental procedures required
- required, not held handle horses during dental procedures required
- required, not held use equine dental equipment required
- required, not held conduct veterinary consultation required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held maintain administrative records in the veterinary office optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- required, not held assist customers required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held plan schedule optional
- optional, not held communicate specialised veterinary information optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a equine dental technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out equine dental procedures skill · occupation specific
- 02 handle horses during dental procedures skill · occupation specific
- 03 use equine dental equipment skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held deal with challenging people skill
- already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held veterinary terminology knowledge
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- already held maintain veterinary clinical records skill
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- already held understand the animal's situation skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held communicate specialised veterinary information optional
- optional, not held maintain administrative records in the veterinary office optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held plan schedule optional
30 held skills the equine dental technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on long-term care for animals skill
- not needed by the target role anatomy of animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal production science knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal welfare knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements skill
- not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate with animal related professionals skill
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals skill
- not needed by the target role develop an animal handling strategy skill
- not needed by the target role interact safely with animals skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role perform massage techniques on animals skill
- not needed by the target role physiology of animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan physical rehabilitation of animals skill
- not needed by the target role prepare animal therapy equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe physical therapy to animals skill
- not needed by the target role protect health and safety when handling animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide osteopathic treatment to animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide support to veterinary clients skill
- not needed by the target role safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role signs of animal illness knowledge
- not needed by the target role treat animals ethically skill
- not needed by the target role use animal chiropractic techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use physiotherapy for treatment of animals skill
Other moves recorded from alternative animal therapist
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.