botanisttozoo curator
A botanist already meets 33% of what the zoo curator role asks for. The move turns on 29 required skills not yet in the profile.
33%
77.3/ 100
1 Share of the zoo curator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the botanist 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 zoo curator role treats 16 of its required skills as things a botanist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- corporate social responsibility
- develop recreation programmes
- establish daily priorities
- follow company standards
- liaise with local authorities
- manage budgets
What stands in the way is 29 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 16 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 botanist background worth leading with.
- already held manage recreational facility management skills
- already held develop recreation programmes management skills
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held promote recreation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held recreation activities services
- already held supervise daily information operations management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 16 the zoo curator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 41 missing skills fall into 9 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 manage teamwork required
- required, not held manage zoo staff required
- required, not held organise zoological exhibitions required
- required, not held oversee animal management required
- required, not held coordinate events required
- required, not held develop zoonotic disease control policies required
- required, not held fix meetings required
- required, not held perform project management 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 work effectively with animal-related organisations required
- required, not held chair a meeting required
- required, not held speak different languages required
- optional, not held solve operational transport problems optional
- optional, not held liaise with transportation companies optional
- optional, not held speak about your work in public optional
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- required, not held zoo regulations required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- required, not held maintain catalogue collection required
- required, not held read zoo reports required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- optional, not held study a collection optional
- optional, not held analyse transportation costs 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
3 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held develop recreation programmes skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage recreational facility skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held anatomy of animals required
- required, not held applied zoology required
- required, not held animal evolution required
- optional, not held zoo exhibit design optional
- required, not held administer treatment to animals required
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
12 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 study a collection optional
- optional, not held zoo exhibit design 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
- optional, not held speak about your work in public optional
15 held skills the zoo curator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on acquisitions skill
- not needed by the target role aquatic ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role botany knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect biological data skill
- not needed by the target role conduct ecological surveys skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate people about nature skill
- not needed by the target role educate the public about wildlife skill
- not needed by the target role employ habitat survey techniques skill
- not needed by the target role evolution of economic forecasts knowledge
- not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor grounds maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role variety of botanicals knowledge
12 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 physiology of animals required
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- required, not held zoo regulations required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held zoo exhibit design 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.