animal handlertoanimal groomer
A animal handler already meets 66% of what the animal groomer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
43.9/ 100
1 Share of the animal groomer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal handler 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 groomer role treats 17 of its required skills as things a animal handler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal groomer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal handler background worth leading with.
- already held groom animals handling and moving
- already held calculate rates per hours information skills
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science information skills
- already held treat animals ethically assisting and caring
- already held manage animal welfare handling and moving
All 27 carried skills, including the 17 the animal groomer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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 dry dog's coat for further treatment required
- required, not held provide facilities for animal grooming services required
- required, not held style a dog's coat required
- required, not held bathe dogs required
- required, not held plan dog grooming work required
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- required, not held advise on animal welfare required
- required, not held handle customer complaints required
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- required, not held animal species required
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal groomer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 dry dog's coat for further treatment skill · occupation specific
- 02 provide facilities for animal grooming services skill · occupation specific
- 03 style a dog's coat 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 27 skills that carry over
- 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 biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held groom animals skill
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
- already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held treat animals ethically skill
- already held apply numeracy skills skill
- already held assess animal's condition skill
- already held calculate rates per hours skill
- already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
- already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
- already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- already held manage animal welfare skill
- already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science skill
- already held understand the animal's situation skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
11 held skills the animal groomer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal production science knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role handle animals for semen collection skill
- not needed by the target role handle working animals skill
- not needed by the target role implement exercise activities for animals skill
- not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
- not needed by the target role provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide animal training skill
- not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
1 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 species required
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.