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Animal handler
Animal care assistant Animal carer Animal handler Animal handlers Stud animal handler
Animal handlers are in charge of handling animals in a working role and continue the training of the animal, in accordance with national legislation.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Bathing and feeding animals;
(b) Leading or carrying animals to treatment room and holding them during treatment;
(c) Cleaning and sterilising veterinary surgical instruments;
(d) Labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations and replenishing stock;
(e) Sterilising bottles, beakers and other equipment;
(f) Cleaning, organizing, and disinfecting animal quarters such as pens, stables, cages and yards, and animal equipment such as saddles and bridles;
(g) Collecting and recording animal information such as weight, size, physical condition, treatments received, medications given and food intake;
(h) Training animals to develop and maintain desired behaviours for competition, entertainment, obedience, security, riding and other activities;
(i) Grooming animals by performing tasks such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, cutting nails and cleaning ears.
Knowledge
- Veterinary
- Biology
- Law
- Crop and livestock production
- Occupational health and safety
Digital competencies
- Tending and breeding animals
- Complying with operational procedures
- Feeding and grooming animals
- Providing therapy or veterinary treatment for animals
- Training animals
Digital competencies
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Personal competencies
- Taking a proactive approach
- Maintaining a positive attitude
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
Professional groups of the occupation
Service and sales workers
Personal service workers
Other personal services workers
Pet groomers and animal care workers
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Pet groomers and animal care workers
298
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
40,65%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-7,74% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
22,82%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
9,73%
Part-time contracts
1,97% Turnover index
193
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
0%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Personal service workers
53%
47%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Personal service workers
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Other personal services workers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Pet groomers and animal care workers
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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