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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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| animal-trainer | Occupational skill for the role 'animal trainer' (also: cat behaviourist, dog training specialist, animal behaviour trainer, canine training specialist, pet trainer, animal behaviour training specialist). Use when the user asks for typical animal trainer work such as: Conduct training programs to develop or maintain desired animal behaviors for competition, entertainment, obedience, security, riding, or related purposes.; Evaluate animals for trainability and ability to perform.; Observe animals' physical conditions to detect illness or unhealthy conditions requiring medical care. |
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.
Core workflow
- Conduct training programs to develop or maintain desired animal behaviors for competition, entertainment, obedience, security, riding, or related purposes.
- Evaluate animals for trainability and ability to perform.
- Observe animals' physical conditions to detect illness or unhealthy conditions requiring medical care.
- Cue or signal animals during performances.
- Administer prescribed medications to animals.
- Evaluate animals to determine their temperaments, abilities, or aptitude for training.
- Feed or exercise animals or provide other general care, such as cleaning or maintaining holding or performance areas.
- Talk to or interact with animals to familiarize them to human voices or contact.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
Key competences (essential)
- 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
Hot technologies
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- SAP software
- Epic Systems
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Atlassian JIRA
- Microsoft Project
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc1da244-880f-407d-bfa7-789a2f468ea0), ONET 30.3 (39-2011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*