animal behaviouristtoanimal trainer
A animal behaviourist already meets 76% of what the animal trainer role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
76%
36.6/ 100
1 Share of the animal trainer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal behaviourist 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.
Why this move works
A animal trainer role treats 25 of its required skills as things a animal behaviourist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on animal welfare
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 41 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal trainer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal behaviourist background worth leading with.
- already held select animals for training handling and moving
- already held design training programmes for individuals and animals management skills
- already held train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
- already held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together management skills
- already held practise veterinary professional codes of conduct assisting and caring
- already held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals management skills
All 41 carried skills, including the 25 the animal trainer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held provide first aid to animals required
- optional, not held assist in transportation of animals optional
- optional, not held bathe dogs optional
- optional, not held care for horses optional
- optional, not held clean stalls optional
- optional, not held evaluate dogs optional
- optional, not held provide nutrition to animals optional
- optional, not held select therapy animals optional
- optional, not held teach young horses optional
- optional, not held train horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held work with veterinarians optional
- optional, not held advise customers on appropriate pet care optional
- optional, not held advise on animal purchase optional
- optional, not held advise on care products for pets optional
- optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
- optional, not held horse anatomy optional
- optional, not held dog behaviour optional
- optional, not held assess customers optional
- optional, not held protect health and safety when handling animals optional
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held create animal records optional
- optional, not held develop an animal handling strategy optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a animal trainer 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 41 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal welfare knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held assistive instruments knowledge
- already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- already held deal with challenging people skill
- already held design training programmes for individuals and animals skill
- already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held practise veterinary professional codes of conduct skill
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- already held provide animal training skill
- already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held train animals and individuals to work together skill
- already held treat animals ethically skill
- already held animal production science knowledge
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
- already held collaborate with animal related professionals skill
- already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- already held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals skill
- already held design training programmes for animals skill
- already held exercise patience skill
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held maintain relationships with animal welfare establishments skill
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held provide mentorship skill
- already held select animals for training skill
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held young horses training optional
25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise customers on appropriate pet care optional
- optional, not held advise on animal purchase optional
- optional, not held advise on care products for pets optional
- optional, not held assess customers optional
- optional, not held assist in transportation of animals optional
- optional, not held bathe dogs optional
- optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held care for horses optional
- optional, not held clean stalls optional
- optional, not held create animal records optional
- optional, not held develop an animal handling strategy optional
- optional, not held evaluate dogs optional
- optional, not held horse anatomy optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held protect health and safety when handling animals optional
- optional, not held provide nutrition to animals optional
- optional, not held select therapy animals optional
- optional, not held teach young horses optional
- optional, not held train horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held work with veterinarians optional
- optional, not held young horses training optional
- optional, not held dog behaviour optional
15 held skills the animal trainer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role animal evolution knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal training knowledge
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role inspect data skill
- not needed by the target role interact safely with animals skill
- not needed by the target role maintain veterinary clinical records skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role neuroanatomy of animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role neurophysiology of animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role veterinary terminology knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held breed-specific behaviour of horses optional
- optional, not held horse anatomy optional
- optional, not held young horses training optional
- optional, not held dog behaviour optional
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.