Where a zoo curator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a zoo curator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Zoo curators are usually the position of middle-management within an institution. Much of their work involves oversight, management and development of the animal collection. Often this is related to animal husbandry and welfare policy, the acquisition and disposition of zoo animals, and development of new exhibits. Zoos normally acquire animals through captive breeding programs. The zoo collection, trade, and transport of the animals is regulated by government agencies as well as guided by zoo membership organisations. Consequently, zoo curators act as a liaison between these agencies and the zoo itself. Additionally, they play an active role in the administration of zoo functions and all kinds of captive breeding programs.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 69%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 2difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 57required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a zoo curator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.