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

dog trainertoguide dog instructor

A dog trainer already meets 59% of what the guide dog instructor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dog trainer
59%
Overlap1
To guide dog instructor
20 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
44.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 44.7

This move: 44.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the guide dog instructor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dog trainer 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A guide dog instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dog trainer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held dog behaviour natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held evaluate dogs handling and moving
  • already held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together management skills
  • already held train animals and individuals to work together handling and moving
  • already held provide animal training handling and moving
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring

All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the guide dog instructor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 6 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities required
  • required, not held deal with challenging people required
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • optional, not held instruct on animal care optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held stay alert optional
03 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held control animal movement required
  • optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
04 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held visual disability required
  • optional, not held assistive instruments optional
05 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required
  • required, not held guide dog training methods required
06 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a guide dog instructor 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
  • already held create animal records skill
  • already held dog behaviour knowledge
  • already held evaluate dogs skill
  • already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals skill
  • already held provide animal training skill
  • already held train animals and individuals to work together skill
  • already held advise on animal purchase skill
  • already held anatomy of animals knowledge
  • already held animal welfare knowledge
  • already held assist in transportation of animals skill
  • already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
  • already held provide first aid to animals skill
  • already held provide nutrition to animals skill
  • already held work with veterinarians skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
  • optional, not held instruct on animal care optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
  • optional, not held tolerate stress optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held assistive instruments optional
  • optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
  • optional, not held stay alert optional
16 held skills the guide dog instructor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on animal welfare skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on care products for pets skill
  • not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply animal hygiene practices skill
  • not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role assess animal's condition skill
  • not needed by the target role bathe dogs skill
  • not needed by the target role biosecurity related to animals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals skill
  • not needed by the target role design training programmes for individuals and animals skill
  • not needed by the target role develop an animal handling strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • not needed by the target role select therapy animals skill
  • not needed by the target role signs of animal illness knowledge
  • not needed by the target role treat animals ethically skill
3 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 guide dog training methods required
  • required, not held visual disability required
  • optional, not held assistive instruments optional
Index

Other moves recorded from dog trainer

Full index of moves from dog trainer

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.