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Overview
Zoo section leaders manage a team of zoo keepers and organise daily animal care, exhibit routines and long-term species work within one section of a zoo.
In job descriptions, look for animal care leadership, keeper schedules, species management, enclosure routines, staff management, budgeting, welfare checks and coordination with other zoo colleagues.
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Zoo section leaders split time between animal areas, keeper coordination and planning. They check daily care, feeding, enclosure routines and longer-term species or exhibit needs for one section.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include animal care judgement, team leadership, rota planning, welfare observation, exhibit organisation and clear handover with veterinarians, curators and zoo keepers.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by section size, staff responsibility, species complexity, budget involvement, visitor-facing exhibits and whether the role includes recruitment or wider zoo planning.
Career paths
A path often starts in zoo keeping or aquarist work and moves into senior keeper, lead keeper, section leader or curator support roles with broader species responsibility.
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Check whether a vacancy names the animal section, keeper team size, budget duties, welfare routines, enclosure work and how decisions are shared with veterinary or curator staff.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Botanical and zoological garden activities
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is zookeeper.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
70.1Activities of head offices91.41Botanical and zoological garden activities
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Occupation group
Pet groomers and animal care workers (5164)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/62204bd8-98b5-418f-b189-7333904cbde7 |
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| ESCO code | 5164.10 |
| ISCO group | 5164 |
| Concept type | Occupation |