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

kennel workertokennel supervisor

A kennel worker already meets 76% of what the kennel supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From kennel worker
76%
Overlap1
To kennel supervisor
31 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
28.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 28.2

This move: 28.2 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the kennel supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the kennel worker 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 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kennel supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a kennel worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held instruct on animal care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held animal training agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held groom animals handling and moving
  • already held provide dog walking services handling and moving
  • already held feed pets handling and moving
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring

All 31 carried skills, including the 16 the kennel supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 3 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 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage schedule of tasks required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • required, not held supervise work required
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held order supplies required
03 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan dog grooming work optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a kennel supervisor 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 31 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care 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 communicate with customers skill
  • already held control animal movement skill
  • already held follow verbal instructions skill
  • already held follow written instructions skill
  • already held instruct on animal care skill
  • already held maintain customer service 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 work with veterinarians skill
  • already held advise on animal welfare skill
  • already held animal training knowledge
  • already held assist in transportation of animals skill
  • already held create animal records skill
  • already held feed pets 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 maintain professional administration skill
  • already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
  • already held provide dog walking services skill
  • already held stay alert skill
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held work in shifts skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held plan dog grooming work optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
4 held skills the kennel supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess animal's condition skill
  • not needed by the target role bathe dogs skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
Index
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.