Video Name(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources Video- Veterinarian
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Career Description
| Veterinarian | ||
Tasks
| -Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries. -Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery. Inoculate animals against various diseases such as rabies and distemper. -Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis. -Operate diagnostic equipment such as radio-graphic and ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images. -Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, and general care necessary to promote health of animals | ||
Interests
| -Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. -Investigative - Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. -Social- Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. | ||
Education
| Education - Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). | ||
Knowledge
| Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. -Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. -Public Safety and Security -Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. -Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | ||
Skills
| -Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. -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. -Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. - Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. | ||
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