Animal Attendants and Trainers

Key Tasks

• •Teaching animals to obey verbal and non-verbal commands and addressing behavioural problems
• •Training animals to accept riders and pull vehicles
• •Training animals to perform in competitions
• •Bathing, cutting, combing, blow-drying and styling pets' coats, clipping their nails and cleaning their ears
• •Inspecting, preparing, cleaning, disinfecting and maintaining comfortable animal cages and enclosures
• •Transporting food, filling water troughs and feeding animals according to their individual needs
• •Maintaining animal health records, treating minor injuries and reporting serious conditions to veterinarians
• •Exercising and playing with animals, answering visitor questions, and transferring animals between enclosures by leading or carrying them
• •Dusting and spraying insecticides on animals and immersing them in insecticide baths, to control insect pests

Employment Projections to 2034