Occupation Atlasanimal trainer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc1da244-880f-407d-bfa7-789a2f468ea0
animal trainer
Animal trainers train animals and/or animal handlers for general and specific purposes, including assistance, security, leisure, competition, transportation, obedience and routine handling, entertainment and education, in accordance with national legislation.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RSCRealistic · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.52
- S Social3.61
- C Conventional2.97
- I Investigative2.30
- E Enterprising2.08
- A Artistic1.76
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Animal Trainers (39-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (26)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 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
- assistive instruments
- biosecurity related to animals
- deal with challenging people
- design training programmes for individuals and animals
- environmental enrichment for animals
- handle veterinary emergencies
- implement exercise activities for animals
- manage animal biosecurity
- monitor the welfare of animals
- physiology of animals
- practise veterinary professional codes of conduct
- 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
- train animals and individuals to work together
- treat animals ethically
Optional (41)
- advise customers on appropriate pet care
- advise on animal purchase
- advise on care products for pets
- animal production science
- assess animal's condition
- assess customers
- assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together
- assist in transportation of animals
- bathe dogs
- breed-specific behaviour of horses
- calculate rates per hours
- care for horses
- clean stalls
- collaborate with animal related professionals
- cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector
- create animal records
- design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals
- design training programmes for animals
- develop an animal handling strategy
- dog behaviour
- evaluate dogs
- exercise patience
- horse anatomy
- interview animal owners on animals' conditions
- maintain animal accommodation hygienic
- maintain relationships with animal welfare establishments
- make decisions regarding the animal's welfare
- manage a small-to-medium business
- manage personal professional development
- protect health and safety when handling animals
- provide mentorship
- provide nutrition to animals
- select animals for training
- select therapy animals
- take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science
- teach young horses
- train horses
- transport horses
- understand the animal's situation
- work with veterinarians
- young horses training
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 26 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
animal behaviourist
23 shared · 13 more of its owndesign training programmes for individuals and animals, train animals and individuals to work together, assistive instruments, provide animal training
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animal handler
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animal care attendant
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general veterinarian
19 shared · 34 more of its ownpractise veterinary professional codes of conduct, provide animal training, safe work practices in a veterinary setting, environmental enrichment for animals
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horse trainer
18 shared · 2 more of its owndesign training programmes for individuals and animals, train animals and individuals to work together, provide animal training, provide an enriching environment for animals
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dog trainer
17 shared · 2 more of its owntrain animals and individuals to work together, provide animal training, provide an enriching environment for animals, treat animals ethically
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veterinary nurse
17 shared · 28 more of its ownpractise veterinary professional codes of conduct, treat animals ethically, safe work practices in a veterinary setting, environmental enrichment for animals
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alternative animal therapist
16 shared · 6 more of its owntreat animals ethically, environmental enrichment for animals, apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting, deal with challenging people
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