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

cattle breedertodog trainer

A cattle breeder already meets 46% of what the dog trainer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cattle breeder
46%
Overlap1
To dog trainer
16 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
59.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.2/ 100

1 Share of the dog trainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cattle breeder 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 dog trainer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a cattle breeder already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on animal welfare
  • animal welfare
  • animal welfare legislation
  • apply animal hygiene practices
  • assess animal behaviour
  • implement exercise activities for animals

What stands in the way is 10 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dog trainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cattle breeder background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on animal purchase communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with veterinarians handling and moving
  • already held implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create animal records information skills
  • already held assist in transportation of animals handling and moving

All 16 carried skills, including the 9 the dog trainer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
  • required, not held provide animal training required
  • required, not held train animals and individuals to work together required
  • optional, not held bathe dogs optional
  • optional, not held evaluate dogs optional
  • optional, not held select therapy animals optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 required
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
  • required, not held physiology of animals required
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held protect health and safety when handling animals required
  • required, not held treat animals ethically required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required
  • required, not held anatomy of animals required
  • required, not held dog behaviour required
05 management skills 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together optional
  • optional, not held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals optional
  • optional, not held design training programmes for individuals and animals optional
  • optional, not held develop an animal handling strategy optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on care products for pets optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dog trainer 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on animal welfare skill
  • already held animal welfare knowledge
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
  • already held assess animal behaviour skill
  • already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
  • already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • already held provide first aid to animals skill
  • already held signs of animal illness knowledge
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
  • already held advise on animal purchase skill
  • already held assist in transportation of animals skill
  • already held create animal records skill
  • already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
  • already held provide nutrition to animals skill
  • already held work with veterinarians skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on care products for pets optional
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
  • optional, not held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together optional
  • optional, not held bathe dogs optional
  • optional, not held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals optional
  • optional, not held design training programmes for individuals and animals optional
  • optional, not held develop an animal handling strategy optional
  • optional, not held evaluate dogs optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
  • optional, not held select therapy animals optional
31 held skills the dog trainer 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 administer treatment to animals skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on livestock productivity skill
  • not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess animal nutrition skill
  • not needed by the target role assess management of animals skill
  • not needed by the target role assist animal birth skill
  • not needed by the target role breed cattle skill
  • not needed by the target role breed goats skill
  • not needed by the target role breed ostriches skill
  • not needed by the target role care for juvenile animals skill
  • not needed by the target role computerised feeding systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of dead animals skill
  • not needed by the target role feed livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role livestock species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage animal biosecurity skill
  • not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role milk animals skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform milk control skill
  • not needed by the target role process dairy farm products skill
  • not needed by the target role select livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role train livestock and captive animals skill
5 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 anatomy of animals required
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
  • required, not held physiology of animals required
  • required, not held dog behaviour required
Index

Other moves recorded from cattle breeder

Full index of moves from cattle breeder

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.