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

fur animals breedertoanimal shelter worker

A fur animals breeder already meets 49% of what the animal shelter worker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fur animals breeder
49%
Overlap1
To animal shelter worker
16 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
57.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.4/ 100

1 Share of the animal shelter worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fur animals 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

Why this move works

A animal shelter worker role treats 11 of its required skills as things a fur animals breeder already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise customers on appropriate pet care
  • animal welfare legislation
  • assess animal behaviour
  • assist in transportation of animals
  • control animal movement
  • create animal records

What stands in the way is 8 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal shelter worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fur animals breeder background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held dispose of dead animals handling and moving
  • already held maintain welfare of animals during transportation handling and moving
  • already held advise on animal purchase communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with veterinarians handling and moving
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create animal records information skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the animal shelter worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage animal adoption required
  • required, not held instruct on animal care required
  • required, not held interview people required
  • optional, not held promote animals optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held order supplies optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held physiology of animals required
  • optional, not held animal training optional
03 handling and moving 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held train dogs required
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held implement exercise activities for animals optional
  • optional, not held provide an enriching environment for animals optional
  • optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
  • optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
  • optional, not held unload supplies optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess animal's condition required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held anatomy of animals required
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
  • optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a animal shelter worker 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held assess animal behaviour skill
  • already held assist in transportation of animals skill
  • already held control animal movement skill
  • already held create animal records skill
  • already held dispose of dead animals skill
  • already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
  • already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • already held provide nutrition to animals skill
  • already held work with veterinarians skill
  • already held advise on animal purchase skill
  • already held advise on animal welfare skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
  • already held provide first aid to animals skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held assess character optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held promote animals optional
  • optional, not held animal training optional
  • optional, not held assist customers optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held implement exercise activities for animals optional
  • optional, not held provide an enriching environment for animals optional
  • optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held assess character optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
  • optional, not held order supplies optional
  • optional, not held unload supplies optional
  • optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
26 held skills the animal shelter worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 animal nutrition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animal welfare knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply animal hygiene practices 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 breed rabbits 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 feed livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role livestock species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional records 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 monitor livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role select livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role signs of animal illness knowledge
  • not needed by the target role skin animals skill
  • not needed by the target role slaughter animals skill
  • not needed by the target role train livestock and captive animals skill
4 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 anatomy of animals required
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held physiology of animals required
  • optional, not held animal training 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.