Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

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Ocupacions

Dog breeder

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Dog breeder Dogs breeder

Dog breeders oversee the production and day-to-day care of dogs. They maintain the health and welfare of dogs.

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
  • Crop and livestock production
  • Law
  • Occupational health and safety

Digital competencies

  • Tending and breeding animals
  • Providing therapy or veterinary treatment for animals
  • Monitoring health conditions of humans and animals
  • Maintaining operational records
  • 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

  • Supporting others
  • 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

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%

Men
Women

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

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

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

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
17%
Between 1 and 2 years
41%
Between 2 and 4 years
18%
Between 4 and 8 years
9%
More than 8 years
6%
Other service activities
24%
Information and communication
21%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
13%
Administrative and support service activities
10%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
9%
Others
23%

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.