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

guide dog instructortodog trainer

A guide dog instructor already meets 57% of what the dog trainer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From guide dog instructor
57%
Overlap1
To dog trainer
20 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
49.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 49.3

This move: 49.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the dog trainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the guide dog instructor 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 20 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 guide dog instructor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held dog behaviour natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held evaluate dogs handling and moving
  • already held train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
  • already held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together management skills
  • already held provide animal training handling and moving
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring

All 20 carried skills, including the 11 the dog trainer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 required
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
  • required, not held signs of animal illness required
02 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply animal hygiene practices required
  • required, not held assess animal behaviour required
  • optional, not held bathe dogs optional
  • optional, not held select therapy animals optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on animal welfare required
  • optional, not held advise on care products for pets optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor the welfare of animals required
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held treat animals ethically required
06 management skills 4 supplementary
  • 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
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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held anatomy of animals knowledge
  • already held animal welfare knowledge
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held dog behaviour knowledge
  • already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals skill
  • already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
  • already held provide animal training skill
  • already held provide first aid to animals skill
  • already held train animals and individuals to work together skill
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
  • already held advise on animal purchase skill
  • already held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
  • already held assist in transportation of animals skill
  • already held create animal records skill
  • already held evaluate dogs skill
  • already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
  • already held provide nutrition to animals skill
  • already held work with veterinarians skill
8 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 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 make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
  • optional, not held select therapy animals optional
16 held skills the dog trainer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role assist social service users with physical disabilities skill
  • not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with challenging people skill
  • not needed by the target role design training programmes for animals skill
  • not needed by the target role guide dog training methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instruct on animal care skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • not needed by the target role stay alert skill
  • not needed by the target role support individuals to adjust to physical disability skill
  • not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
  • not needed by the target role visual disability knowledge
3 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 biosecurity related to animals required
  • required, not held signs of animal illness required
Index

Other moves recorded from guide dog instructor

Full index of moves from guide dog instructor

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.