Guide dog instructor
Code 5164.2.1.1.1
Guide dog instructors train dogs to be responsible in guiding blind people to travel effectively. They plan the training sessions, match guide dogs with their clients and ensure overall routine care of the training dogs. Guide dog instructors also provide advice to the blind people in the use of techniques that facilitate dogs' travel skills and mobility.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- dog behaviour
- visual disability
- animal welfare legislation
Skills and competences
- advise customers on appropriate pet care
- assist social service users with physical disabilities
- communicate with customers
- control animal movement
- ejecutar programas de adiestramiento para animales
- create animal records
- train animals and individuals to work together
- evaluate dogs
- assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together
- provide animal training
- implement exercise activities for animals
- deal with challenging people
Transversal competences
- guide dog training methods
- protect health and safety when handling animals
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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