equine dental techniciantoanimal massage therapist
A equine dental technician already meets 45% of what the animal massage therapist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
57.6/ 100
1 Share of the animal massage therapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the equine dental technician 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 animal massage therapist role treats 10 of its required skills as things a equine dental technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- deal with challenging people
- environmental enrichment for animals
What stands in the way is 12 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal massage therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a equine dental technician background worth leading with.
- already held environmental enrichment for animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting assisting and caring
- already held deal with challenging people assisting and caring
- already held advise on animal welfare communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage animal biosecurity information skills
- already held apply animal hygiene practices handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the animal massage therapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 animal behaviour required
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held physiology of animals required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal welfare required
- required, not held manage animal welfare required
- required, not held perform massage techniques on animals required
- required, not held plan physical rehabilitation of animals required
- required, not held prepare animal therapy equipment required
- required, not held protect health and safety when handling animals required
- required, not held assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements required
- required, not held anatomy of animals required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal massage therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 anatomy of animals knowledge · sector specific
- 02 animal behaviour knowledge · sector specific
- 03 assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held apply animal hygiene practices skill
- already held apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting skill
- already held deal with challenging people skill
- already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held manage animal biosecurity skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
20 held skills the animal massage therapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal's condition skill
- not needed by the target role assist customers skill
- not needed by the target role calculate rates per hours skill
- not needed by the target role carry out equine dental procedures skill
- not needed by the target role communicate specialised veterinary information skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conduct veterinary consultation skill
- not needed by the target role cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role handle horses during dental procedures skill
- not needed by the target role maintain administrative records in the veterinary office skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain veterinary clinical records skill
- not needed by the target role make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
- not needed by the target role understand the animal's situation skill
- not needed by the target role use equine dental equipment skill
- not needed by the target role veterinary terminology knowledge
6 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 anatomy of animals required
- required, not held animal behaviour required
- required, not held biosecurity related to animals required
- required, not held physiology of animals required
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal welfare 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.