kennel supervisortodog trainer
A kennel supervisor already meets 51% of what the dog trainer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
51%
54.1/ 100
1 Share of the dog trainer 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 dog trainer role treats 11 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 welfare legislation
- assess animal behaviour
- implement exercise activities for animals
What stands in the way is 8 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 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 kennel supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- 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
All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the dog trainer role treats as required.
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.
- required, not held apply animal hygiene practices 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 provide nutrition to animals optional
- optional, not held select therapy animals optional
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal welfare required
- required, not held treat animals ethically required
- required, not held dog behaviour required
- 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
- optional, not held advise on animal purchase optional
- optional, not held advise on care products for pets optional
1 further area in the appendix
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.
- 01 apply animal hygiene practices skill · sector specific
- 02 biosecurity related to animals knowledge · sector specific
- 03 provide animal training 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 16 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 welfare legislation knowledge
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held monitor the welfare of 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 first aid to animals skill
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held work with veterinarians skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on animal purchase optional
- 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 provide nutrition to animals optional
- optional, not held select therapy animals optional
25 held skills the dog trainer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal training 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 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 groom animals skill
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies 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 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
4 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 signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal welfare required
- required, not held dog behaviour required
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.