Table 1Transition record

aquatic animal health professionaltozoology technician

A aquatic animal health professional already meets 38% of what the zoology technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aquatic animal health professional

38%

Overlap1

To zoology technician

13 Skills carried over

11 Required, not held

65.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the zoology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aquatic animal health professional 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 zoology technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a aquatic animal health professional already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

applied zoology
apply scientific methods
biology
collect biological data
laboratory techniques
perform laboratory tests

What stands in the way is 11 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A zoology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aquatic animal health professional background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held inspect animal welfare management information skills
already held applied zoology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held collect biological data information skills
already held prepare visual data working with computers
already held pollution legislation business, administration and law
already held microbiology-bacteriology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the zoology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 12 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required

required, not held use laboratory equipment required
required, not held calibrate laboratory equipment required
required, not held maintain laboratory equipment required

02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held laboratory equipment required
required, not held animal biology required

optional, not held cryopreservation optional
optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held life sciences optional

03 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held analyse experimental laboratory data required
required, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation required

optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
optional, not held keep task records optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held write technical reports required

optional, not held write research proposals optional

05 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required

required, not held animal behaviour required

06 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required

6 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a zoology technician 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 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held applied zoology knowledge
already held apply scientific methods skill
already held biology knowledge
already held collect biological data skill
already held laboratory techniques knowledge
already held perform laboratory tests skill
already held perform scientific research skill
already held scientific research methodology knowledge
already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
already held inspect animal welfare management skill
already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
already held pollution legislation knowledge
already held prepare visual data skill

The 6 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 1 required

required, not held manage inventory required

08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary

optional, not held animal food products optional
optional, not held watershed development optional

09 handling and moving 2 supplementary

optional, not held label samples optional
optional, not held preserve samples optional

10 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held environmental legislation optional

11 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional

12 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held maintain freelance database optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
optional, not held animal food products optional
optional, not held cryopreservation optional
optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
optional, not held label samples optional
optional, not held watershed development optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held environmental legislation optional
optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
optional, not held keep task records optional
optional, not held life sciences optional
optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
optional, not held preserve samples optional
optional, not held write research proposals optional

57 held skills the zoology technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role administer treatments to fish skill
not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
not needed by the target role analyse fish samples for diagnosis skill
not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
not needed by the target role apply risk management processes skill
not needed by the target role aquatic species knowledge
not needed by the target role assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations skill
not needed by the target role assessment of risks and threats knowledge
not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
not needed by the target role biotechnology in aquaculture knowledge
not needed by the target role botany knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out fish disease prevention measures skill
not needed by the target role collect fish samples for diagnosis skill
not needed by the target role communicate specialised veterinary information skill
not needed by the target role conduct fish mortality studies skill
not needed by the target role conduct fish populations studies skill
not needed by the target role conduct research on fauna skill
not needed by the target role conduct research on flora skill
not needed by the target role conserve natural resources skill
not needed by the target role control aquatic production environment skill
not needed by the target role develop fish health and welfare management plans skill
not needed by the target role develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture skill
not needed by the target role diagnose aquatic animals disease symptoms skill
not needed by the target role dispose of chemicals skill
not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure animal welfare in slaughtering practices skill
not needed by the target role fish anatomy knowledge
not needed by the target role fish biology knowledge
not needed by the target role fish identification and classification knowledge
not needed by the target role fish welfare regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role follow safety precautions in fishery operations skill
not needed by the target role gather experimental data skill
not needed by the target role identify risks in aquaculture facilities skill
not needed by the target role implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role inspect fish stock skill
not needed by the target role interview parties in relation to animal welfare investigations skill
not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture treatment records skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationships with animal welfare establishments skill
not needed by the target role molecular biology knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill

17 further entries not listed here

11 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 animal behaviour required
required, not held laboratory equipment required
required, not held animal biology required
optional, not held animal food products optional
optional, not held cryopreservation optional
optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
optional, not held watershed development optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held environmental legislation optional
optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
optional, not held life sciences optional

Index

Other moves recorded from aquatic animal health professional

Full index of moves from aquatic animal health professional

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.