kennel supervisortoguide dog instructor
A kennel supervisor already meets 49% of what the guide dog instructor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
54.5/ 100
1 Share of the guide dog instructor 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 guide dog instructor role treats 7 of its required skills as things a kennel supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise customers on appropriate pet care
- animal welfare legislation
- communicate with customers
- control animal movement
- create animal records
- implement exercise activities for animals
What stands in the way is 9 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A guide dog instructor 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 instruct on animal care communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 advise customers on appropriate pet care communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create animal records information skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 7 the guide dog instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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 evaluate dogs required
- required, not held provide animal training required
- required, not held train animals and individuals to work together required
- optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
- optional, not held provide nutrition to animals optional
- required, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities required
- required, not held deal with challenging people required
- optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
- required, not held guide dog training methods required
- optional, not held animal welfare optional
- required, not held visual disability required
- optional, not held assistive instruments optional
- required, not held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- required, not held dog behaviour required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a guide dog instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 guide dog training methods knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill · sector specific
- 03 evaluate dogs 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 19 skills that carry over
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held protect health and safety when handling animals skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held instruct on animal care skill
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business 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 stay alert skill
- already held work with veterinarians skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held advise on animal purchase optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on animal purchase optional
- optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held provide nutrition to animals optional
- optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held animal welfare optional
- optional, not held assistive instruments optional
22 held skills the guide dog instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal training knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour 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 maintain customer service 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 monitor the welfare of animals 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 supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts 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.
- required, not held guide dog training methods required
- required, not held dog behaviour required
- required, not held visual disability required
- optional, not held animal welfare optional
- optional, not held assistive instruments 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.