From animal shelter worker to animal care attendant
10 of the 28 essential skills of a animal care attendant are already essential for a animal shelter worker — about 36% 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.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 18
- would be new
- 36%
- 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
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
18 skillsEssential for a animal care attendant and not for a animal shelter worker. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on animal welfare
- animal nutrition
- animal welfare
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- biosecurity related to animals
- breed reptiles
- environmental enrichment for animals
- groom animals
- handle veterinary emergencies
- implement exercise activities for animals
- manage animal biosecurity
- manage animal welfare
- provide an enriching environment for animals
- provide animal training
- provide first aid to animals
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- signs of animal illness
Other moves from animal shelter worker
1 roles- kennel supervisor10 skills in common
← animal shelter workeranimal 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.