animal facility managertozoo curator
A animal facility manager already meets 24% of what the zoo curator role asks for. The move turns on 34 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 82.6 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the zoo curator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal facility manager 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A zoo curator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal facility manager background worth leading with.
- already held read zoo reports information skills
- already held zoo regulations business, administration and law
- already held zoo exhibit design arts and humanities
- already held manage zoo staff management skills
- already held organise zoological exhibitions management skills
- already held oversee animal management management skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 11 the zoo curator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 43 missing skills fall into 10 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 assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together required
- required, not held develop recreation programmes required
- required, not held manage recreational facility required
- required, not held schedule recreation facilities required
- required, not held coordinate events required
- required, not held develop zoonotic disease control policies required
- required, not held establish daily priorities required
- required, not held fix meetings required
- required, not held manage logistics required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held manage supplies required
- required, not held set organisational policies required
- required, not held supervise daily information operations required
- optional, not held coordinate export transportation activities optional
- optional, not held coordinate import transportation activities optional
- optional, not held create safe working protocols optional
- optional, not held prepare transportation routes optional
- required, not held advise on animal purchase required
- required, not held promote recreation activities required
- required, not held chair a meeting required
- required, not held liaise with local authorities required
- required, not held represent the organisation required
- optional, not held solve operational transport problems optional
- optional, not held liaise with transportation companies optional
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- required, not held animal acquisition required
- required, not held animal breeding programmes required
- required, not held physiology of animals required
- required, not held ensure health and safety of staff required
- required, not held ensure health and safety of visitors required
- required, not held follow company standards required
- required, not held maintain catalogue collection required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- optional, not held analyse transportation costs optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a zoo curator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 animal acquisition knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 animal breeding programmes knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 administer treatment to animals skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage teamwork skill
- already held manage zoo staff skill
- already held organise zoological exhibitions skill
- already held oversee animal management skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held read zoo reports skill
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held work effectively with animal-related organisations skill
- already held zoo regulations knowledge
- already held speak about your work in public skill
- already held study a collection skill
- already held zoo exhibit design knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held anatomy of animals required
- required, not held applied zoology required
- required, not held administer treatment to animals required
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- required, not held animal evolution required
- required, not held recreation activities required
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- optional, not held coordinate export transportation activities optional
- optional, not held coordinate import transportation activities optional
- optional, not held solve operational transport problems optional
- optional, not held analyse transportation costs optional
- optional, not held create safe working protocols optional
- optional, not held liaise with transportation companies optional
- optional, not held prepare transportation routes optional
6 held skills the zoo curator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop visitor engagement strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic management skill
- not needed by the target role respond to visitor complaints skill
- not needed by the target role zoo community knowledge
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held animal acquisition required
- required, not held animal breeding programmes required
- required, not held anatomy of animals required
- required, not held animal evolution required
- required, not held applied zoology required
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held physiology of animals required
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- required, not held recreation activities required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
Other moves recorded from animal facility manager
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.