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

animal artificial insemination techniciantoanimal handler

A animal artificial insemination technician already meets 60% of what the animal handler role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From animal artificial insemination technician
60%
Overlap1
To animal handler
22 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
48.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 48.8

This move: 48.8 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the animal handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal artificial insemination technician 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.

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 animal handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal artificial insemination technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science information skills
  • already held treat animals ethically assisting and caring
  • already held animal production science 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

All 22 carried skills, including the 15 the animal handler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 3 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 8 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held handle working animals required
  • required, not held control animal movement required
  • required, not held implement exercise activities for animals required
  • required, not held manage animal welfare required
  • required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
  • required, not held provide animal training required
  • required, not held provide first aid to animals required
  • required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
  • optional, not held handle animals for semen collection optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
  • optional, not held maintain welfare of animals during transportation optional
  • optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required
  • required, not held environmental enrichment for animals required
03 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
  • optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a animal handler 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 anatomy of animals knowledge
  • 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 apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill
  • already held assess animal behaviour skill
  • already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
  • already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
  • already held manage animal biosecurity skill
  • already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
  • already held signs of animal illness knowledge
  • already held treat animals ethically skill
  • already held animal production science knowledge
  • already held assess animal's condition skill
  • already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
  • already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
  • already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
  • already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science skill
  • already held understand the animal's situation skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held handle animals for semen collection 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 maintain welfare of animals during transportation optional
  • optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
  • optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
22 held skills the animal handler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer drugs to facilitate breeding skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate optimal time for insemination skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out artificial insemination of livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with animal related professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with challenging people skill
  • not needed by the target role develop an animal handling strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate animal pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate semen skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role handle frozen semen skill
  • not needed by the target role insert semen skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect data skill
  • not needed by the target role keep records of animal inseminations skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain breeding equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
  • not needed by the target role plan animal breeding programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare livestock for artificial insemination skill
  • not needed by the target role select breeding stock skill
  • not needed by the target role select semen for artificial insemination of animals skill
  • not needed by the target role store semen 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
  • required, not held environmental enrichment for animals required
Index

Other moves recorded from animal artificial insemination technician

Full index of moves from animal artificial insemination technician

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.