| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Veterinarian |
- Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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- Operate diagnostic equipment such as radiographic and ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
- 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.
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| Veterinary Technologist |
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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- Give enemas and perform catheterizations, ear flushes, intravenous feedings, and gavages.
- Take and develop diagnostic radiographs, using x-ray equipment.
- Collect, prepare, and label samples for laboratory testing, culture, or microscopic examination.
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| Veterinary Assistant |
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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- Prepare feed for animals according to specific instructions such as diet lists and schedules.
- Examine animals to detect behavioral changes or clinical symptoms that could indicate illness or injury.
- Administer anesthetics during surgery and monitor the effects on animals.
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