Where a zoo section leader can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a zoo section leader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Zoo section leaders are responsible for managing and leading a team of zoo keepers. They will carry out daily care and management of animals as well as, in cooperation with colleagues, long term management and organisation of the species and exhibits in their section. They are also accountable for various aspects of staff management for the keepers in their section. Depending on the size of the zoo and animal section they may have additional responsibility for appointing staff and budgeting.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 59%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 1difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 41required 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 section leader 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.