zoo educatortozoo section leader
A zoo educator already meets 25% of what the zoo section leader role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 80 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the zoo section leader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the zoo educator 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 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A zoo section leader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a zoo educator background worth leading with.
- already held train livestock and captive animals handling and moving
- already held applied zoology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held manage a team management skills
- already held provide nutrition to animals handling and moving
- already held control animal movement handling and moving
- already held coordinate events management skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the zoo section leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 7 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 drugs to facilitate breeding required
- required, not held administer treatment to animals required
- required, not held apply animal hygiene practices required
- required, not held assess animal behaviour required
- required, not held assist in general veterinary medical procedures required
- required, not held care for juvenile animals required
- required, not held maintain animal accommodation hygienic required
- required, not held provide an enriching environment for animals required
- required, not held provide first aid to animals required
- optional, not held assist in transportation of animals optional
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
- optional, not held manage the transportation of animals optional
- required, not held assess animal nutrition required
- required, not held assess environment of animals required
- required, not held assess management of animals required
- required, not held manage animal biosecurity required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
- required, not held manage teamwork required
- required, not held manage zoo staff required
- required, not held organise zoological exhibitions required
- optional, not held create safe working protocols optional
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal nutrition required
- required, not held animal welfare required
- required, not held follow zoo safety precautions required
- required, not held promote animal welfare required
- required, not held chair a meeting required
- optional, not held speak about your work in public optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a zoo section leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 administer drugs to facilitate breeding skill · sector specific
- 02 administer treatment to animals skill · sector specific
- 03 apply animal hygiene practices 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held applied zoology knowledge
- already held control animal movement skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held lead a team skill
- already held manage a team skill
- already held monitor the welfare of animals skill
- already held provide nutrition to animals skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held train livestock and captive animals skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held maintain equipment required
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist in transportation of animals optional
- optional, not held breed reptiles optional
- optional, not held design training programmes for animals optional
- optional, not held manage the transportation of animals optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
- optional, not held create safe working protocols optional
- optional, not held speak about your work in public optional
22 held skills the zoo section leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal evolution knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal training knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply teaching strategies skill
- not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with target community skill
- not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
- not needed by the target role develop craft activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate people about nature skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
- not needed by the target role integrate community outreach skill
- not needed by the target role integrate content into output media skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role supervise craft activities skill
- not needed by the target role use learning strategies skill
- not needed by the target role zoo community 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.
- required, not held signs of animal illness required
- required, not held animal nutrition required
- required, not held animal welfare required
Other moves recorded from zoo educator
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.