Poultry breeder to cattle breeder
A poultry breeder already meets 72% of what the cattle breeder role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.2/ 100
1 How much of what a cattle breeder is expected to do is already part of a poultry 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 cattle breeder role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A cattle breeder role treats 21 of its required skills as things a poultry breeder already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- administer drugs to facilitate breeding
- administer treatment to animals
- animal nutrition
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- assist animal birth
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 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cattle breeder role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a poultry breeder background worth leading with.
- already held breed ostriches handling and moving
- already held dispose of dead animals handling and moving
- already held assess management of animals information skills
- already held care for juvenile animals handling and moving
- already held operate farm equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held administer drugs to facilitate breeding handling and moving
All 35 carried skills, including the 21 the cattle breeder role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 breed cattle required
- still to learn feed livestock required
- still to learn manage livestock required
- still to learn manage the health and welfare of livestock required
- still to learn milk animals required
- still to learn monitor livestock required
- still to learn select livestock required
- optional, not held breed goats optional
- still to learn livestock reproduction required
- still to learn perform milk control required
- optional, not held advise on livestock productivity optional
- optional, not held process dairy farm products optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cattle breeder 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 · The rest of the record
All 35 skills that carry over
- already held administer drugs to facilitate breeding skill
- already held administer treatment to animals skill
- already held animal nutrition knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held assist animal birth skill
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held care for juvenile animals skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held dispose of dead animals skill
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held livestock species knowledge
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held maintain professional records skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held operate farm equipment skill
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
- already held provide nutrition to animals skill
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held advise on animal purchase skill
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held animal welfare knowledge
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held assess animal nutrition skill
- already held assess management of animals skill
- already held breed ostriches skill
- already held computerised feeding systems knowledge
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
- already held train livestock and captive animals skill
- already held work with veterinarians skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held breed goats optional
- optional, not held advise on livestock productivity optional
- optional, not held process dairy farm products optional
7 held skills the cattle breeder role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role breed ducks skill
- not needed by the target role breed geese skill
- not needed by the target role breed poultry skill
- not needed by the target role breed turkeys skill
- not needed by the target role handle feathers skill
- not needed by the target role handle poultry skill
- not needed by the target role monitor the production of eggs 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 reproduction required
Common questions about this move
Can a poultry breeder become a cattle breeder?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A poultry breeder already covers 72% of what a cattle breeder is expected to do: 35 skills carry over, 21 of which the cattle breeder role treats as required.
What skills does a poultry breeder need to become a cattle breeder?
9 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is breed cattle.
How hard is the move from poultry breeder to cattle breeder?
Its learning distance is 40.2 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.