animal embryo transfer techniciantoanimal artificial insemination technician
A animal embryo transfer technician already meets 66% of what the animal artificial insemination technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
47.9/ 100
1 Share of the animal artificial insemination technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal embryo transfer technician 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 artificial insemination technician role treats 17 of its required skills as things a animal embryo transfer technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- administer drugs to facilitate breeding
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
What stands in the way is 8 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal artificial insemination technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal embryo transfer technician background worth leading with.
- already held maintain breeding equipment constructing
- already held administer drugs to facilitate breeding handling and moving
- already held develop an animal handling strategy management skills
- already held veterinary terminology agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science information skills
All 28 carried skills, including the 17 the animal artificial insemination technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 3 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 carry out artificial insemination of livestock required
- required, not held handle frozen semen required
- required, not held insert semen required
- required, not held select semen for artificial insemination of animals required
- required, not held store semen required
- optional, not held prepare livestock for artificial insemination optional
- optional, not held select breeding stock optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- required, not held evaluate animal pregnancy required
- required, not held evaluate semen required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- optional, not held calculate optimal time for insemination optional
- optional, not held keep records of animal inseminations optional
- optional, not held plan animal breeding programmes optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal artificial insemination technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out artificial insemination of livestock skill · occupation specific
- 02 evaluate animal pregnancy skill · occupation specific
- 03 evaluate semen skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held administer drugs to facilitate breeding 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 biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- already held cryopreservation knowledge
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held maintain breeding equipment skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held animal production science knowledge
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held collaborate with animal related professionals skill
- already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- already held deal with challenging people skill
- already held develop an animal handling strategy skill
- already held inspect data skill
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science skill
- already held treat animals ethically skill
- already held veterinary terminology knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calculate optimal time for insemination optional
- optional, not held keep records of animal inseminations optional
- optional, not held plan animal breeding programmes optional
- optional, not held prepare livestock for artificial insemination optional
- optional, not held select breeding stock optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
6 held skills the animal artificial insemination technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal reproductive system knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role calculate costs for animal embryo transfer skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role remove embryos from animals skill
- not needed by the target role transfer animal embryos skill
Other moves recorded from animal embryo transfer technician
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.