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

guide dog instructortokennel supervisor

A guide dog instructor already meets 45% of what the kennel supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From guide dog instructor
45%
Overlap1
To kennel supervisor
19 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
58.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 58.6

This move: 58.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the kennel supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the guide dog instructor 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kennel supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a guide dog instructor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held instruct on animal care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals assisting and caring
  • already held provide an enriching environment for animals handling and moving
  • 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 19 carried skills, including the 9 the kennel supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • required, not held follow written instructions required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
  • required, not held order supplies required
  • optional, not held advise on animal welfare optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
02 management skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage schedule of tasks required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • required, not held supervise work required
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held animal nutrition required
  • optional, not held animal training optional
04 handling and moving 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held assess animal behaviour required
  • optional, not held feed pets optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held plan dog grooming work optional
  • optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
  • optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held monitor the welfare of animals required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a kennel supervisor 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise customers on appropriate pet care skill
  • already held anatomy of animals knowledge
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held control animal movement skill
  • already held instruct on animal care skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held protect health and safety when handling animals skill
  • already held work with veterinarians skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held assist in transportation of animals skill
  • already held create animal records skill
  • already held implement exercise activities for animals skill
  • already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held provide an enriching environment for animals skill
  • already held provide first aid to animals skill
  • already held stay alert skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on animal welfare optional
  • optional, not held animal training optional
  • optional, not held feed pets optional
  • optional, not held groom animals optional
  • optional, not held plan dog grooming work optional
  • optional, not held provide dog walking services optional
  • optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
  • optional, not held plan shifts of employees optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held work in shifts optional
17 held skills the kennel supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
  • not needed by the target role animal welfare knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
  • not needed by the target role assist social service users with physical disabilities skill
  • not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with challenging people skill
  • not needed by the target role design training programmes for animals skill
  • not needed by the target role dog behaviour knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate dogs skill
  • not needed by the target role guide dog training methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role provide animal training skill
  • not needed by the target role provide nutrition to animals skill
  • not needed by the target role support individuals to adjust to physical disability skill
  • not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
  • not needed by the target role train animals and individuals to work together skill
  • not needed by the target role visual disability knowledge
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 animal behaviour required
  • required, not held animal nutrition required
  • optional, not held animal training optional
Index

Other moves recorded from guide dog instructor

Full index of moves from guide dog instructor

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.