| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Veterinary Assistant |
- Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
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- Perform enemas, catheterization, ear flushes, intravenous feedings, and gavages.
- Perform office reception duties such as scheduling appointments and helping customers.
- Record information relating to animal genealogy, feeding schedules, appearance, behavior, and breeding.
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| Veterinarian |
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
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- Inspect animal housing facilities to determine their cleanliness and adequacy.
- Perform administrative and business management tasks such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, budgeting, and maintaining business records.
- Operate diagnostic equipment such as radiographic and ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
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| Veterinary Technologist |
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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- Bathe animals, clip nails or claws, and brush and cut animals' hair.
- Take animals into treatment areas, and assist with physical examinations by performing such duties as obtaining temperature, pulse, and respiration data.
- Observe the behavior and condition of animals, and monitor their clinical symptoms.
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