dog trainertoanimal shelter worker
A dog trainer already meets 57% of what the animal shelter worker role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
50.3/ 100
1 Share of the animal shelter worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dog trainer 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 this move works
A animal shelter worker role treats 13 of its required skills as things a dog trainer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise customers on appropriate pet care
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare legislation
- assess animal behaviour
- assess animal's condition
What stands in the way is 6 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal shelter worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dog trainer background worth leading with.
- already held advise on animal purchase communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- already held work with veterinarians handling and moving
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create animal records information skills
- already held implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the animal shelter worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held train dogs required
- required, not held control animal movement required
- required, not held dispose of dead animals required
- optional, not held groom animals optional
- optional, not held maintain welfare of animals during transportation optional
- optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- optional, not held unload supplies optional
- required, not held manage animal adoption required
- required, not held instruct on animal care required
- required, not held interview people required
- optional, not held promote animals optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held assess character optional
- optional, not held animal training optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal shelter worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage animal adoption skill · occupation specific
- 02 train dogs skill · occupation specific
- 03 control animal movement skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held provide nutrition to animals skill
- already held work with veterinarians skill
- already held advise on animal purchase skill
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote animals optional
- optional, not held animal training optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held groom animals optional
- optional, not held maintain welfare of animals during transportation optional
- optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held assess character optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held unload supplies optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
18 held skills the animal shelter worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on care products for pets skill
- not needed by the target role animal welfare knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply animal hygiene practices skill
- not needed by the target role assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
- not needed by the target role bathe dogs skill
- not needed by the target role biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals skill
- not needed by the target role design training programmes for individuals and animals skill
- not needed by the target role develop an animal handling strategy skill
- not needed by the target role dog behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate dogs skill
- not needed by the target role make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- not needed by the target role protect health and safety when handling animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide animal training skill
- not needed by the target role select therapy animals skill
- not needed by the target role signs of animal illness knowledge
- not needed by the target role train animals and individuals to work together skill
- not needed by the target role treat animals ethically 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 training optional
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.