Pig breeder to catcher
A pig breeder already meets 52% of what the catcher role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.3/ 100
1 How much of what a catcher is expected to do is already part of a pig breeder’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the catcher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A catcher role treats 4 of its required skills as things a pig breeder already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- control animal movement
What stands in the way is 3 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A catcher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pig breeder background worth leading with.
- already held livestock species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held control animal movement handling and moving
- already held animal welfare agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply animal hygiene practices handling and moving
- already held animal welfare legislation business, administration and law
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the catcher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn handle poultry required
- still to learn load animals for transportation required
- optional, not held breed ducks optional
- optional, not held raise hens optional
- still to learn livestock farming systems required
- optional, not held assist with vaccination procedures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a catcher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 handle poultry practise this
- 02 livestock farming systems study this
- 03 load animals for transportation practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held animal welfare knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held livestock species knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held breed ducks optional
- optional, not held raise hens optional
- optional, not held assist with vaccination procedures optional
38 held skills the catcher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer drugs to facilitate breeding skill
- not needed by the target role administer treatment to animals skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role assess management of animals skill
- not needed by the target role assist animal birth skill
- not needed by the target role assist in transportation of animals skill
- not needed by the target role breed pigs skill
- not needed by the target role care for juvenile animals skill
- not needed by the target role computerised feeding systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role create animal records skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of dead animals skill
- not needed by the target role feed livestock skill
- not needed by the target role handle pigs skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement exercise activities for animals skill
- not needed by the target role livestock feeding knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal biosecurity skill
- not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
- not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
- not needed by the target role monitor livestock skill
- not needed by the target role monitor the welfare of animals skill
- not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
- not needed by the target role select livestock skill
- not needed by the target role signs of animal illness knowledge
- not needed by the target role train livestock and captive animals skill
- not needed by the target role work with veterinarians skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn livestock farming systems required
Common questions about this move
Can a pig breeder become a catcher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A pig breeder already covers 52% of what a catcher is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 4 of which the catcher role treats as required.
What skills does a pig breeder need to become a catcher?
3 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is handle poultry.
How hard is the move from pig breeder to catcher?
Its learning distance is 40.3 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.