Zoo curator
Code 1431.2.6
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.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- recreation activities
- animal acquisition
- anatomy of animals
- animal evolution
- physiology of animals
- environmental legislation
- animal welfare legislation
- zoo regulations
- budgetary principles
- animal breeding programmes
- corporate social responsibility
- applied zoology
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- administer treatment to animals
- coordinate events
- manage logistics
- liaise with local authorities
- develop recreation programmes
- set organisational policies
- assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together
- manage recreational facility
- manage supplies
- read zoo reports
- maintain catalogue collection
- organise zoological exhibitions
- fix meetings
- chair a meeting
- schedule recreation facilities
- represent the organisation
- supervisar trabajos en equipo
Transversal competences
- advise on animal purchase
- work effectively with animal-related organisations
- develop zoonotic disease control policies
- establish daily priorities
- manage zoo staff
- manage budgets
- gestionar presupuestos operativos
- perform project management
- manage staff
- maintain professional records
- promote recreation activities
- follow company standards
- ensure health and safety of visitors
- ensure health and safety of staff
- oversee animal management
- supervise daily information operations
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences