kennel supervisortoanimal care attendant
A kennel supervisor already meets 46% of what the animal care attendant role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
46%
64.2/ 100
1 Share of the animal care attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the kennel supervisor 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 care attendant role treats 16 of its required skills as things a kennel supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on animal welfare
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal nutrition
- animal welfare legislation
- assess animal behaviour
What stands in the way is 12 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal care attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a kennel supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held animal training agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held groom animals handling and moving
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- already held implement exercise activities for animals handling and moving
- already held animal nutrition agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held assist in transportation of animals handling and moving
All 17 carried skills, including the 16 the animal care attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 33 missing skills fall into 10 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 apply animal hygiene practices required
- required, not held breed reptiles required
- required, not held manage animal welfare required
- required, not held provide animal training required
- required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
- optional, not held establish aquarium optional
- optional, not held locate microchip in animals optional
- optional, not held care for juvenile animals optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary patients optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held environmental enrichment for animals required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal welfare required
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- required, not held manage animal biosecurity required
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- required, not held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- optional, not held treat animals ethically optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- required, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
- optional, not held interview animal owners on animals' conditions optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal care attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply animal hygiene practices skill · sector specific
- 02 apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill · sector specific
- 03 biosecurity related to animals knowledge · 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal nutrition knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held groom animals skill
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals 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 an enriching environment for animals skill
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
- already held animal training knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held microchip scanners optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held establish aquarium optional
- optional, not held locate microchip in animals optional
- optional, not held microchip scanners optional
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held care for juvenile animals optional
- optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary patients optional
- optional, not held interview animal owners on animals' conditions optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science optional
- optional, not held treat animals ethically optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
24 held skills the animal care attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role create animal records skill
- not needed by the target role feed pets skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on animal care skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service 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 manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role plan dog grooming work skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role protect health and safety when handling animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide dog walking services skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
- not needed by the target role work with veterinarians skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held environmental enrichment for animals required
- required, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal welfare required
- optional, not held microchip scanners optional
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held animal species 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.