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

catchertopoultry sexer

A catcher already meets 30% of what the poultry sexer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From catcher
30%
Overlap1
To poultry sexer
7 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
65.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.2/ 100

1 Share of the poultry sexer 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

Why this move works

A poultry sexer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a catcher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • animal welfare legislation
  • apply animal hygiene practices
  • handle poultry

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A poultry sexer 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held raise hens handling and moving
  • already held handle poultry handling and moving
  • already held breed ducks handling and moving
  • already held livestock farming systems agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held livestock species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held apply animal hygiene practices handling and moving

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the poultry sexer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 4 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 3 required, 10 supplementary
  • required, not held determine the sex of the animal required
  • required, not held interact safely with animals required
  • required, not held select livestock required
  • optional, not held breed poultry optional
  • optional, not held handle animals for semen collection optional
  • optional, not held breed geese optional
  • optional, not held breed ostriches optional
  • optional, not held breed stock optional
  • optional, not held breed turkeys optional
  • optional, not held control livestock disease optional
  • optional, not held feed livestock optional
  • optional, not held manage the health and welfare of livestock optional
  • optional, not held monitor livestock optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held livestock selection principles required
  • optional, not held livestock feeding optional
  • optional, not held livestock reproduction optional
  • optional, not held quality criteria for livestock feed production optional
  • optional, not held animal nutrition optional
03 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held biosecurity required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held animal species optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a poultry sexer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
  • already held handle poultry skill
  • already held breed ducks skill
  • already held livestock farming systems knowledge
  • already held livestock species knowledge
  • already held raise hens skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held breed poultry optional
  • optional, not held handle animals for semen collection optional
  • optional, not held breed geese optional
  • optional, not held breed ostriches optional
  • optional, not held breed stock optional
  • optional, not held breed turkeys optional
  • optional, not held control livestock disease optional
  • optional, not held feed livestock optional
  • optional, not held livestock feeding optional
  • optional, not held livestock reproduction optional
  • optional, not held manage the health and welfare of livestock optional
  • optional, not held monitor livestock optional
  • optional, not held quality criteria for livestock feed production optional
  • optional, not held animal nutrition optional
  • optional, not held animal species optional
4 held skills the poultry sexer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role animal welfare knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist with vaccination procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
  • not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
7 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 livestock selection principles required
  • required, not held biosecurity required
  • optional, not held livestock feeding optional
  • optional, not held livestock reproduction optional
  • optional, not held quality criteria for livestock feed production optional
  • optional, not held animal nutrition optional
  • optional, not held animal species optional
Index
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.