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Occupation profile — zoo curator
- ESCO URI: http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1c948509-4015-40b0-b380-105fc85782a5
- ESCO code: 1431.2.6
- ISCO-08 group: 1431 — Sports, recreation and cultural centre managers
Description (ESCO)
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.
Definition
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Alternative labels
- collection curator
- curator of herpetology
- aquarium curator
- zoo collection curator
- zoo collection's supervisor
- zoological curator
- curator of ectotherms
- curator of living collections
- curator of mammals
- mammal curator
- curator of invertebrates
- zoo general curator
- head of living collections
- general curator
- collections supervisor
- curator of reptiles