cattle breedertocatcher
A cattle breeder already meets 52% of what the catcher role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
52%
40.3/ 100
1 Share of the catcher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cattle breeder 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 catcher role treats 4 of its required skills as things a cattle breeder 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 3 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A catcher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cattle breeder background worth leading with.
- already held livestock species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- 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 5 carried skills, including the 4 the catcher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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 handle poultry required
- required, not held load animals for transportation required
- optional, not held breed ducks optional
- optional, not held raise hens optional
- required, not held livestock farming systems required
- optional, not held assist with vaccination procedures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a catcher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 handle poultry skill · sector specific
- 02 livestock farming systems knowledge · sector specific
- 03 load animals for transportation 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 5 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
- already held livestock species knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held breed ducks optional
- optional, not held raise hens optional
- optional, not held assist with vaccination procedures optional
42 held skills the catcher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer drugs to facilitate breeding skill
- not needed by the target role administer treatment to animals skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
- not needed by the target role advise on livestock productivity skill
- not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role assess management of animals skill
- not needed by the target role assist animal birth skill
- not needed by the target role assist in transportation of animals skill
- not needed by the target role breed cattle skill
- not needed by the target role breed goats skill
- not needed by the target role breed ostriches skill
- not needed by the target role care for juvenile animals skill
- not needed by the target role computerised feeding systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role create animal records skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of dead animals skill
- not needed by the target role feed livestock skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement exercise activities for animals skill
- not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal biosecurity skill
- not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
- not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
- not needed by the target role milk animals skill
- not needed by the target role monitor livestock skill
- not needed by the target role monitor the welfare of animals skill
- not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform milk control skill
- not needed by the target role process dairy farm products skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
- not needed by the target role select livestock skill
- not needed by the target role signs of animal illness knowledge
2 further entries not listed here
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 livestock farming systems required
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.