Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

alternative animal therapisttopet sitter

A alternative animal therapist already meets 63% of what the pet sitter role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From alternative animal therapist
63%
Overlap1
To pet sitter
22 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
43.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

63%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.8/ 100

1 Share of the pet sitter 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

Why this move works

A pet sitter role treats 13 of its required skills as things a alternative animal therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • animal behaviour
  • animal welfare
  • animal welfare legislation
  • apply animal hygiene practices
  • biosecurity related to animals
  • control animal movement

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pet sitter 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage animal welfare handling and moving
  • already held understand the animal's situation handling and moving
  • already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector management skills
  • already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting services
  • already held assess animal's condition information skills
  • already held environmental enrichment for animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 22 carried skills, including the 13 the pet sitter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held assist in transportation of animals required
  • required, not held implement exercise activities for animals required
  • required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
  • required, not held provide first aid to animals required
  • required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
  • optional, not held follow client animal handling programme optional
  • optional, not held breed reptiles optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
  • optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
  • optional, not held provide home pet sitting services optional
  • optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
02 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held follow work schedule optional
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
03 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held animal species optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pet sitter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held animal behaviour knowledge
  • already held animal welfare knowledge
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
  • already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
  • already held control animal movement skill
  • already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
  • already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
  • already held manage animal biosecurity skill
  • already held manage animal welfare skill
  • already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
  • already held signs of animal illness knowledge
  • already held anatomy of animals knowledge
  • already held assess animal's condition skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
  • already held deal with challenging people skill
  • already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held understand the animal's situation skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held follow client animal handling programme optional
  • optional, not held breed reptiles optional
  • optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
  • optional, not held provide home pet sitting services optional
  • optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
  • optional, not held animal species optional
  • optional, not held follow work schedule optional
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
25 held skills the pet sitter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on long-term care for animals skill
  • not needed by the target role animal production science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill
  • 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 collaborate with animal related professionals 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 maintain veterinary clinical records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role perform massage techniques on animals skill
  • 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 treat animals ethically skill
  • not needed by the target role use animal chiropractic techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use physiotherapy for treatment of animals skill
  • not needed by the target role veterinary terminology knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held animal species optional
Index

Other moves recorded from alternative animal therapist

Full index of moves from alternative animal therapist

Note

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.