animal massage therapisttoalternative animal therapist
A animal massage therapist already meets 67% of what the alternative animal therapist role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
41.8/ 100
1 Share of the alternative animal therapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal massage therapist 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 alternative animal therapist role treats 20 of its required skills as things a animal massage therapist 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 2 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A alternative animal therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal massage therapist background worth leading with.
- already held perform massage techniques on animals handling and moving
- already held assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements information skills
- already held plan physical rehabilitation of animals handling and moving
- already held prepare animal therapy equipment handling and moving
- already held protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring
- already held manage animal welfare handling and moving
All 22 carried skills, including the 20 the alternative animal therapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 8 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 control animal movement required
- optional, not held assess animal behaviour optional
- optional, not held interact safely with animals optional
- optional, not held prescribe physical therapy to animals optional
- optional, not held provide osteopathic treatment to animals optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held use animal chiropractic techniques optional
- optional, not held use physiotherapy for treatment of animals optional
- required, not held treat animals ethically required
- optional, not held provide support to veterinary clients optional
- optional, not held advise on long-term care for animals optional
- optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals optional
- optional, not held develop an animal handling strategy optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held assess animal nutrition optional
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
- optional, not held maintain veterinary clinical records optional
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held veterinary terminology optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a alternative animal therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control animal movement skill · sector specific
- 02 treat animals ethically 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 22 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 the animal’s rehabilitation requirements skill
- already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- already held deal with challenging people skill
- already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held plan physical rehabilitation of animals skill
- already held prepare animal therapy equipment skill
- already held protect health and safety when handling animals skill
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
- already held manage animal welfare skill
- already held perform massage techniques on animals skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held assistive instruments optional
- optional, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting optional
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on long-term care for animals optional
- optional, not held animal production science optional
- optional, not held assess animal behaviour optional
- optional, not held assess animal nutrition optional
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
- optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals optional
- optional, not held develop an animal handling strategy optional
- optional, not held interact safely with animals optional
- optional, not held maintain veterinary clinical records optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held prescribe physical therapy to animals optional
- optional, not held provide osteopathic treatment to animals optional
- optional, not held provide support to veterinary clients optional
- optional, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held use animal chiropractic techniques optional
- optional, not held use physiotherapy for treatment of animals optional
- optional, not held veterinary terminology optional
- optional, not held assistive instruments optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
0 held skills the alternative animal therapist role does not ask for
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 animal production science optional
- optional, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting optional
- optional, not held veterinary terminology optional
- optional, not held assistive instruments 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.