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

game keepertohunter

A game keeper already meets 20% of what the hunter role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From game keeper
20%
Overlap1
To hunter
6 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
77.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 77.9

This move: 77.9 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the hunter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the game keeper 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hunter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a game keeper background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage game management plans management skills
  • already held understand game species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held wild game meat food safety requirements services
  • already held coordinate the sale of game communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held hire beaters management skills
  • already held train gun dogs handling and moving

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the hunter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 9 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held hunt animals required
  • required, not held trap animals required
  • required, not held dispose of dead animals required
  • optional, not held process animal by-products optional
  • optional, not held control animal movement optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
  • optional, not held slaughter animals optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with wildlife hazard management programmes required
  • required, not held use firearms required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
  • optional, not held deal with killing animals processes optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held acquire licences for the use of weapons required
  • required, not held monitor wildlife required
  • optional, not held read maps optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held wildlife required
  • optional, not held wildlife projects optional
  • optional, not held ecosystems optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held camouflage required
  • optional, not held topography optional
06 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required
  • required, not held animal hunting required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a hunter 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held manage game management plans skill
  • already held understand game species knowledge
  • already held wild game meat food safety requirements knowledge
  • already held coordinate the sale of game skill
  • already held hire beaters skill
  • already held train gun dogs skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held European firearms-control legislation required
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held types of arrows optional
09 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held process animal by-products optional
  • optional, not held control animal movement optional
  • optional, not held deal with killing animals processes optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid to animals optional
  • optional, not held slaughter animals optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held types of arrows optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held wildlife projects optional
  • optional, not held ecosystems optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
12 held skills the hunter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply animal hygiene practices skill
  • not needed by the target role clear woodland skill
  • not needed by the target role control the production of game meat for human consumption skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain game equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role manage habitats to benefit game skill
  • not needed by the target role manage rivers and streams skill
  • not needed by the target role organise game shoots skill
  • not needed by the target role protect game skill
  • not needed by the target role rear game skill
  • not needed by the target role remove predators skill
8 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 European firearms-control legislation required
  • required, not held animal hunting required
  • required, not held camouflage required
  • required, not held wildlife required
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held types of arrows optional
  • optional, not held wildlife projects optional
  • optional, not held ecosystems optional
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.