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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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3.4 KiB
Competences — animal therapist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0b2d3242-22a3-4de5-bd29-efd39cdf2c31).
Essential
- advise on animal welfare (skill/competence)
- anatomy of animals (knowledge)
- animal behaviour (knowledge)
- animal welfare (knowledge)
- animal welfare legislation (knowledge)
- apply animal hygiene practices (skill/competence)
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting (skill/competence)
- assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements (skill/competence)
- biosecurity related to animals (knowledge)
- deal with challenging people (skill/competence)
- environmental enrichment for animals (knowledge)
- handle veterinary emergencies (skill/competence)
- manage animal biosecurity (skill/competence)
- manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
- monitor the welfare of animals (skill/competence)
- physiology of animals (knowledge)
- plan physical rehabilitation of animals (skill/competence)
- prepare animal therapy equipment (skill/competence)
- protect health and safety when handling animals (skill/competence)
- signs of animal illness (knowledge)
Optional
- administer hydrotherapy (skill/competence)
- advise on long-term care for animals (skill/competence)
- animal production science (knowledge)
- apply numeracy skills (skill/competence)
- assess animal behaviour (skill/competence)
- assess animal nutrition (skill/competence)
- assess animal's condition (skill/competence)
- assistive instruments (knowledge)
- calculate rates per hours (skill/competence)
- collaborate with animal related professionals (skill/competence)
- communicate with customers (skill/competence)
- control animal movement (skill/competence)
- cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector (skill/competence)
- design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals (skill/competence)
- develop an animal handling strategy (skill/competence)
- interact safely with animals (skill/competence)
- interview animal owners on animals' conditions (skill/competence)
- maintain animal accommodation hygienic (skill/competence)
- maintain veterinary clinical records (skill/competence)
- make decisions regarding the animal's welfare (skill/competence)
- manage animal welfare (skill/competence)
- perform massage techniques on animals (skill/competence)
- prescribe physical therapy to animals (skill/competence)
- provide animal training (skill/competence)
- provide mentorship (skill/competence)
- provide osteopathic treatment to animals (skill/competence)
- provide support to veterinary clients (skill/competence)
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting (knowledge)
- select animals for training (skill/competence)
- take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science (skill/competence)
- treat animals ethically (skill/competence)
- understand the animal's situation (skill/competence)
- use animal chiropractic techniques (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- use physiotherapy for treatment of animals (skill/competence)
- veterinary terminology (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 46 ads, as of 2026-07-08)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- animal handling — 24 %