Explore occupational profile

Version:
OaSIS 2025 Version 1.0
Search the OaSIS

53100.05 – Taxidermists

Taxidermists prepare, stuff and mount skins of animals for preservation, scientific or display purposes.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Taxidermist

Core competencies

  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to fully understand what the client wants, including details about the pose, presentation and overall appearance
  • Quality Control Testing to ensure mounts are structurally sound, accurately shaped and meet preservation standards
  • Colour Perception to accurately replicate the natural hues and details of animals' fur, feathers and skin, ensuring a realistic and lifelike display
  • Finger Dexterity to handle delicate materials, manipulate small tools, and carefully position and mount specimens with precision
  • Attention to Detail to ensure the accurate recreation of an animal's anatomy, posture and features, preserving its lifelike appearance and realism
  • Knowledge in Arts to apply principles of composition, proportion and colour to sculpt accurate forms, position animals naturally and create realistic textures, meeting both display and scientific standards

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Prepare, stuff and mount skins of animals for preservation, scientific or display purposes.

Additional information

  • Technical museum and gallery workers may specialize in a specific type of collection.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

53 – Occupations in art, culture and sport

Sub-major group

531 – Occupations in art and culture

Minor group

5310 – Occupations related to museums and art galleries

Unit group

53100 – Registrars, restorers, interpreters and other occupations related to museum and art galleries

Occupational profile

53100.05 – Taxidermists

O*NET in-it

This page includes information from the O*NET 27.2 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Employment and Social Development Canada has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.