From animal behaviourist to animal care attendant
21 of the 28 essential skills of a animal care attendant are already essential for a animal behaviourist — about 75% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 21
- skills carry over
- 7
- would be new
- 75%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a animal care attendant
What a animal care attendant does
Animal care attendants provide routine care for non-production animals, which may include feeding, watering, cleaning, exercise and enrichment, grooming, training and monitoring of the health and welfare, in accordance with national legislation.
What carries over
21 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- advise on animal welfare
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- assess animal behaviour
- biosecurity related to animals
- control animal movement
- environmental enrichment for animals
- handle veterinary emergencies
- implement exercise activities for animals
- manage animal biosecurity
- manage animal welfare
- monitor the welfare of animals
- physiology of animals
- provide an enriching environment for animals
- provide animal training
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- signs of animal illness
What would be new
7 skillsEssential for a animal care attendant and not for a animal behaviourist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from animal behaviourist
2 roles- animal trainer23 skills in common
- animal handler20 skills in common
← animal behaviouristanimal care attendant →The other way round
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How far are you from being a animal care attendant?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.