ISCO Specialization 1431.2.6 Zoo Curator
Definition
Zoo Curator: 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
- Manage Supplies
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Develop Zoonotic Disease Control Policies
- Liaise With Local Authorities
- Animal Breeding Programmes
- Animal Welfare Legislation
- Recreation Activities
- Speak Different Languages
- Represent The Organisation
- Administer Treatment To Animals
- Schedule Recreation Facilities
- Environmental Legislation
- Set Organisational Policies
- Read Zoo Reports
- Physiology Of Animals
- Advise On Animal Purchase
- Establish Daily Priorities
- Delegate Activities
- Develop Recreation Programmes
- Animal Evolution
- Manage Zoo Staff
- Maintain Professional Records
- Chair A Meeting
- Applied Zoology
- Assess The Compatibility Of Individuals And Animals To Work Together
- Manage Recreational Facility
- Manage Logistics
- Promote Recreation Activities
- Coordinate Events
- Manage Work
- Perform Project Management
- Oversee Animal Management
- Manage Operational Budgets
- Ensure Health And Safety Of Visitors
- Anatomy Of Animals
- Manage Staff
- Animal Acquisition
- Maintain Catalogue Collection
- Manage Budgets
- Ensure Health And Safety Of Staff
- Zoo Regulations
- Supervise Daily Information Operations
- Organise Zoological Exhibitions
- Budgetary Principles
- Fix Meetings
- Follow Company Standards
- Work Effectively With Other Animal-Related Organisations
Optional Skills
- Coordinate Import Transportation Activities
- Organise Training
- Prepare Transportation Routes
- Animal Transport Regulations
- Study A Collection
- Zoo Exhibit Design
- Communicate In English In A Competent Way
- Liaise With Transportation Companies
- Coordinate Export Transportation Activities
- Solve Operational Transport Problems
- Analyse Transportation Costs
- Speak About Your Work In Public
- Create Safe Working Protocols
Alternative Names
- Curator Of Reptiles
- General Curator
- Mammal Curator
- Zoo Collection Curator
- Aquarium Curator
- Collections Supervisor
- Zoological Curator
- Head Of Living Collections
- Zoo General Curator
- Curator Of Invertebrates
- Curator Of Herpetology
- Collection Curator
- Curator Of Mammals
- Curator Of Ectotherms
- Zoo Collection'S Supervisor
- Curator Of Living Collections
