catchertopet sitter
A catcher already meets 16% of what the pet sitter role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
16%
83.4/ 100
1 Share of the pet sitter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the catcher 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 pet sitter role treats 4 of its required skills as things a catcher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- control animal movement
What stands in the way is 14 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pet sitter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a catcher background worth leading with.
- already held control animal movement handling and moving
- already held animal welfare agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply animal hygiene practices handling and moving
- already held animal welfare legislation business, administration and law
All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the pet sitter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 36 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 assist in transportation of animals required
- required, not held implement exercise activities for animals required
- required, not held manage animal welfare required
- required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
- required, not held provide first aid to animals required
- required, not held provide nutrition to animals required
- required, not held handle veterinary emergencies required
- optional, not held follow client animal handling programme optional
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- optional, not held groom animals optional
- optional, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
- optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
- optional, not held provide home pet sitting services optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- required, not held animal behaviour required
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held environmental enrichment for animals required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- optional, not held physiology of animals optional
- required, not held manage animal biosecurity required
- required, not held monitor the welfare of animals required
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
- optional, not held calculate rates per hours optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- required, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- optional, not held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pet sitter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 animal behaviour knowledge · sector specific
- 02 assist in transportation of animals skill · sector specific
- 03 biosecurity related to animals knowledge · 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held animal welfare knowledge
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held control animal movement skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held anatomy of animals optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow client animal handling programme optional
- optional, not held anatomy of animals optional
- optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
- optional, not held breed reptiles 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 maintain animal accommodation hygienic optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held physiology of animals optional
- optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
- optional, not held provide home pet sitting services optional
- optional, not held understand the animal's situation optional
- optional, not held understand the needs of animals optional
- optional, not held animal species optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
7 held skills the pet sitter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist with vaccination procedures skill
- not needed by the target role breed ducks skill
- not needed by the target role handle poultry skill
- not needed by the target role livestock farming systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock species knowledge
- not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role raise hens skill
8 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 behaviour required
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held environmental enrichment for animals required
- required, not held safe work practices in a veterinary setting required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- optional, not held anatomy of animals optional
- optional, not held physiology of animals optional
- optional, not held animal species 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.