zoo curator
Zoo curators are usually the position of middle-management within an institution. Much of their work involves oversight, management and development of the animal collection. Often this is related to animal husbandry and welfare policy, the acquisition and disposition of zoo animals, and development of new exhibits. Zoos normally acquire animals through captive breeding programs. The zoo collection, trade, and transport of the animals is regulated by government agencies as well as guided by zoo membership organisations. Consequently, zoo curators act as a liaison between these agencies and the zoo itself. Additionally, they play an active role in the administration of zoo functions and all kinds of captive breeding programs.
Also called: curator of reptiles, general curator, mammal curator, zoo collection curator, aquarium curator, collections supervisor, zoological curator, head of living collections
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- essential skills
- 12
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Essential skills
45- administer treatment to animals
- advise on animal purchase
- anatomy of animals
- animal acquisition
- animal breeding programmes
- animal evolution
- animal welfare legislation
- applied zoology
- assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together
- budgetary principles
- chair a meeting
- coordinate events
- corporate social responsibility
- develop recreation programmes
- develop zoonotic disease control policies
- ensure health and safety of staff
- ensure health and safety of visitors
- environmental legislation
- establish daily priorities
- fix meetings
- follow company standards
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain catalogue collection
- maintain professional records
- manage budgets
- manage logistics
- manage recreational facility
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- manage teamwork
- manage zoo staff
- organise zoological exhibitions
- oversee animal management
- perform project management
- physiology of animals
- promote recreation activities
- read zoo reports
- recreation activities
- represent the organisation
- schedule recreation facilities
- set organisational policies
- speak different languages
- supervise daily information operations
- work effectively with animal-related organisations
- zoo regulations
Optional skills
12- analyse transportation costs
- animal transport regulations
- breed reptiles
- coordinate export transportation activities
- coordinate import transportation activities
- create safe working protocols
- liaise with transportation companies
- prepare transportation routes
- solve operational transport problems
- speak about your work in public
- study a collection
- zoo exhibit design
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