specialised veterinariantoanimal hydrotherapist
A specialised veterinarian already meets 73% of what the animal hydrotherapist role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
31.5/ 100
1 Share of the animal hydrotherapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the specialised veterinarian 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 hydrotherapist role treats 16 of its required skills as things a specialised veterinarian already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on animal welfare
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
What stands in the way is 6 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animal hydrotherapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a specialised veterinarian background worth leading with.
- already held manage animal welfare handling and moving
- 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 biosecurity related to animals agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held advise on animal welfare communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 16 the animal hydrotherapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 4 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 administer hydrotherapy required
- required, not held protect health and safety when handling animals required
- required, not held plan physical rehabilitation of animals required
- required, not held prepare animal therapy equipment required
- required, not held assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements required
- required, not held manage personal professional development required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a animal hydrotherapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 administer hydrotherapy skill · sector specific
- 02 assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements skill · sector specific
- 03 plan physical rehabilitation of animals 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held advise on animal welfare skill
- 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 biosecurity related to animals knowledge
- 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 animal welfare skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held physiology of animals knowledge
- already held signs of animal illness knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
56 held skills the animal hydrotherapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise on livestock disease control skill
- not needed by the target role animal production science knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role apply specialised veterinary knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role apply veterinary epidemiology skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role calculate rates per hours skill
- not needed by the target role certify the performance of veterinary procedures skill
- not needed by the target role check the health of livestock skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with animal related professionals skill
- not needed by the target role collect samples from animals 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 ante-mortem veterinary health inspection skill
- not needed by the target role conduct cancer screening tests skill
- not needed by the target role conduct veterinary consultation skill
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector skill
- not needed by the target role develop an animal handling strategy skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate information in the field of veterinary nursing skill
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role fundamental veterinary sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role implant microchips in animals skill
- not needed by the target role implement veterinary clinical governance skill
- not needed by the target role interact safely with animals skill
- not needed by the target role interview animal owners on animals' conditions skill
- not needed by the target role issue certificates for animal products skill
- not needed by the target role maintain administrative records in the veterinary office skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with animal welfare establishments 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 manage the use of vaccines skill
- not needed by the target role perform endoscopy skill
- not needed by the target role perform esophagoscopy skill
- not needed by the target role perform euthanasia on animals skill
- not needed by the target role perform gross post mortem examination on animals skill
- not needed by the target role perform intra-operative neuromonitoring skill
16 further entries not listed here
Other moves recorded from specialised veterinarian
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.