animal shelter workertokennel supervisor
A animal shelter worker already meets 59% of what the kennel supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 45 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the kennel supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animal shelter worker 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kennel supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animal shelter worker background worth leading with.
- already held instruct on animal care communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held animal training agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held groom animals handling and moving
- already held provide dog walking services handling and moving
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
- already held work with veterinarians handling and moving
All 25 carried skills, including the 12 the kennel supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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 manage schedule of tasks required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held recruit employees required
- required, not held supervise work required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held follow written instructions required
- required, not held maintain customer service required
- optional, not held stay alert optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held animal nutrition required
- required, not held protect health and safety when handling animals required
- optional, not held feed pets optional
- optional, not held plan dog grooming work optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a kennel supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 protect health and safety when handling animals skill · sector specific
- 02 animal nutrition knowledge · cross sector
- 03 follow verbal instructions skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- already held anatomy of animals knowledge
- already held animal behaviour knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held assess animal behaviour skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held instruct on animal care skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held work with veterinarians skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held animal training knowledge
- already held assist in transportation of animals skill
- already held create animal records skill
- already held groom animals skill
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
- already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
- already held provide dog walking services skill
- already held provide first aid to animals skill
- already held work in shifts skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held feed pets optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held plan dog grooming work optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
- optional, not held stay alert optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
14 held skills the kennel supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal's condition skill
- not needed by the target role assess character skill
- not needed by the target role assist customers skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of dead animals skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal adoption skill
- not needed by the target role promote animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
- not needed by the target role train dogs skill
- not needed by the target role unload supplies skill
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear 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 nutrition required
Other moves recorded from animal shelter worker
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.