zoo curatortobotanist
A zoo curator already meets 59% of what the botanist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
59%
46.1/ 100
1 Share of the botanist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the zoo curator 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 botanist role treats 16 of its required skills as things a zoo curator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- corporate social responsibility
- develop recreation programmes
- establish daily priorities
- follow company standards
- liaise with local authorities
- manage budgets
What stands in the way is 9 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 botanist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a zoo curator background worth leading with.
- already held manage recreational facility management skills
- already held develop recreation programmes management skills
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held promote recreation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held recreation activities services
- already held supervise daily information operations management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 16 the botanist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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.
- required, not held botany required
- required, not held variety of botanicals required
- required, not held biology required
- required, not held characteristics of plants required
- required, not held ecology required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held forest ecology optional
- required, not held advise on acquisitions required
- optional, not held educate people about nature optional
- optional, not held educate the public about wildlife optional
- required, not held collect biological data required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- required, not held monitor grounds maintenance required
- required, not held evolution of economic forecasts required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a botanist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on acquisitions skill · sector specific
- 02 botany knowledge · sector specific
- 03 monitor grounds maintenance 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 corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held develop recreation programmes skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage recreational facility skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held educate people about nature optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held educate the public about wildlife optional
- optional, not held forest ecology optional
41 held skills the botanist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer treatment to animals skill
- not needed by the target role advise on animal purchase skill
- not needed by the target role analyse transportation costs skill
- not needed by the target role anatomy of animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal acquisition knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal breeding programmes knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal evolution knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role applied zoology knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together skill
- not needed by the target role breed reptiles skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role chair a meeting skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate export transportation activities skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate import transportation activities skill
- not needed by the target role create safe working protocols skill
- not needed by the target role develop zoonotic disease control policies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of staff skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation companies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain catalogue collection skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role manage zoo staff skill
- not needed by the target role organise zoological exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role oversee animal management skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role physiology of animals knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
- not needed by the target role read zoo reports skill
- not needed by the target role solve operational transport problems skill
- not needed by the target role speak about your work in public skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role study a collection skill
- not needed by the target role work effectively with animal-related organisations skill
- not needed by the target role zoo exhibit design knowledge
1 further entry not listed here
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held botany required
- required, not held variety of botanicals required
- required, not held biology required
- required, not held characteristics of plants required
- required, not held ecology required
- required, not held evolution of economic forecasts required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held forest ecology optional
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.