Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

animal hydrotherapisttoanimal handler

A animal hydrotherapist already meets 48% of what the animal handler role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From animal hydrotherapist
48%
Overlap1
To animal handler
14 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
59.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 59.7

This move: 59.7 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the animal handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal hydrotherapist 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal hydrotherapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage animal welfare handling and moving
  • already held environmental enrichment for animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting assisting and caring
  • already held biosecurity related to animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held anatomy of animals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held physiology of animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 14 carried skills, including the 14 the animal handler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 8 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held handle working animals required
  • required, not held assess animal behaviour required
  • required, not held control animal movement required
  • required, not held implement exercise activities for animals required
  • required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
  • required, not held provide animal training required
  • required, not held provide first aid to animals required
  • required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
  • optional, not held handle animals for semen collection optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
  • optional, not held maintain welfare of animals during transportation optional
  • optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
  • optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held treat animals ethically required
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
04 information skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
  • optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
  • optional, not held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science optional
  • optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
06 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held animal production science optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a animal handler 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
  • already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
  • already held manage animal biosecurity skill
  • already held manage animal welfare skill
  • already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held signs of animal illness knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held interview animal owners on animals' conditions optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held handle animals for semen collection optional
  • optional, not held animal production science optional
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
  • optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
  • optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held interview animal owners on animals' conditions optional
  • optional, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
  • optional, not held maintain welfare of animals during transportation optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
  • optional, not held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science optional
  • optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
  • optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
  • optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
8 held skills the animal handler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer hydrotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with challenging people skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role plan physical rehabilitation of animals skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare animal therapy equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role protect health and safety when handling animals skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
  • optional, not held animal production science optional
Index

Other moves recorded from animal hydrotherapist

Full index of moves from animal hydrotherapist

Note

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.