Animal shelter worker to kennel worker
An animal shelter worker already meets 64% of what the kennel worker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
38.1/ 100
1 How much of what a kennel worker is expected to do is already part of an animal shelter worker’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the kennel worker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A kennel worker role treats 9 of its required skills as things an animal shelter worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess animal behaviour
- assess animal's condition
- assist in transportation of animals
- control animal movement
- groom animals
- maintain animal accommodation hygienic
What stands in the way is 7 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kennel worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an animal shelter worker background worth leading with.
- already held instruct on animal care communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held animal training agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held groom animals handling and moving
- already held provide dog walking services handling and moving
- already held maintain welfare of animals during transportation handling and moving
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
All 25 carried skills, including the 9 the kennel worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn follow verbal instructions required
- still to learn follow written instructions required
- still to learn maintain customer service required
- still to learn stay alert required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn bathe dogs required
- still to learn feed pets required
- still to learn protect health and safety when handling animals required
- optional, not held animal nutrition optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a kennel worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 bathe dogs practise this
- 02 feed pets practise this
- 03 protect health and safety when handling animals practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held groom animals skill
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held provide dog walking services skill
- already held work with veterinarians skill
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal training knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held instruct on animal care skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- already held work in shifts skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held animal nutrition optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
14 held skills the kennel worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
- not needed by the target role assess character skill
- not needed by the target role assist customers skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of dead animals skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal adoption skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role promote animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
- not needed by the target role train dogs skill
- not needed by the target role unload supplies skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held animal nutrition optional
Other moves recorded from animal shelter worker
Common questions about this move
Can an animal shelter worker become a kennel worker?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An animal shelter worker already covers 64% of what a kennel worker is expected to do: 25 skills carry over, 9 of which the kennel worker role treats as required.
What skills does an animal shelter worker need to become a kennel worker?
7 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is bathe dogs.
How hard is the move from animal shelter worker to kennel worker?
Its learning distance is 38.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.