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

live animal transportertoanimal care attendant

A live animal transporter already meets 64% of what the animal care attendant role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From live animal transporter
64%
Overlap1
To animal care attendant
28 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
47.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.4/ 100

1 Share of the animal care attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the live animal transporter 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 care attendant role treats 20 of its required skills as things a live animal transporter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • anatomy of animals
  • animal behaviour
  • animal welfare
  • animal welfare legislation
  • apply animal hygiene practices
  • apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting

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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal care attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a live animal transporter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held calculate rates per hours information skills
  • already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science information skills
  • already held manage animal welfare handling and moving
  • already held animal production science agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held treat animals ethically assisting and caring

All 28 carried skills, including the 20 the animal care attendant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 8 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 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held assist in transportation of animals required
  • required, not held breed reptiles required
  • required, not held groom animals required
  • required, not held implement exercise activities for animals required
  • required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
  • required, not held provide animal training required
  • optional, not held establish aquarium optional
  • optional, not held locate microchip in animals optional
  • optional, not held care for juvenile animals optional
  • optional, not held handle veterinary patients optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on animal welfare required
  • optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held animal nutrition required
  • optional, not held animal training optional
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
  • optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held microchip scanners optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a animal care attendant 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 28 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held anatomy of animals knowledge
  • already held animal behaviour knowledge
  • already held animal welfare knowledge
  • 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 assess animal behaviour skill
  • already held biosecurity related to animals knowledge
  • already held control animal movement skill
  • already held environmental enrichment for animals knowledge
  • already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
  • already held maintain animal accommodation hygienic skill
  • already held manage animal biosecurity skill
  • already held manage animal welfare skill
  • already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
  • already held physiology of animals knowledge
  • already held provide first aid to animals skill
  • already held provide nutrition to animals skill
  • already held safe work practices in a veterinary setting knowledge
  • already held signs of animal illness knowledge
  • already held animal production science knowledge
  • already held calculate rates per hours skill
  • already held cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
  • already held interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
  • already held make decisions regarding the animal's welfare skill
  • already held take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science skill
  • already held treat animals ethically skill
  • already held understand the animal's situation skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held animal species optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held establish aquarium optional
  • optional, not held locate microchip in animals optional
  • optional, not held microchip scanners optional
  • optional, not held animal training optional
  • optional, not held assess animal's condition optional
  • optional, not held care for juvenile animals optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with animal related professionals optional
  • optional, not held handle veterinary patients optional
  • optional, not held animal species optional
  • optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held deal with challenging people optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
13 held skills the animal care attendant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role consider time zones in execution of work skill
  • not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect data skill
  • not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain vehicle service skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain welfare of animals during transportation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the transportation of animals skill
  • not needed by the target role park vehicles 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 animal nutrition required
  • optional, not held microchip scanners optional
  • optional, not held animal training optional
  • optional, not held animal species 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.