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Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
$38.24K Median Salary 10.4K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 14.9% Job Growth
About This Career
Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. Prepare vaccines and serums for prevention of diseases. Prepare tissue samples, take blood samples, and execute laboratory tests, such as urinalysis and blood counts. Clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines. May assist a veterinarian during surgery.
Reported Job Titles
Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT), Emergency Veterinary Technician (Emergency Vet Tech), Internal Medicine Veterinary Technician (Internal Medicine Vet Tech), Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT), Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), Veterinarian Technician (Vet Tech), Veterinary Laboratory Technician (Vet Lab Tech), Veterinary Nurse (Vet Nurse), Veterinary Technician (Vet Tech), Veterinary Technologist
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Near Vision
Oral Expression
Information Ordering
Oral Comprehension
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Recognition
Written Comprehension
Speech Clarity
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Category Flexibility
Finger Dexterity
Flexibility of Closure
Manual Dexterity
Selective Attention
Written Expression
Auditory Attention
Perceptual Speed
Trunk Strength
Knowledge
Medicine and Dentistry
Customer and Personal Service
Biology
English Language
Mathematics
Chemistry
Computers and Electronics
Skills
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Complex Problem Solving
Monitoring
Writing
Active Learning
Coordination
Judgment and Decision Making
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Learning Strategies
Time Management
Technology Skills
Data base user interface and query software
Presentation software
Medical software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Tools
Intubation laryngoscopes
Animal husbandry equipment
Animal catching devices
Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
Orthopedic splint systems
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Medical syringes with needle
Mobile medical services suction antichoke devices
Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
Medical gas cylinders or related devices
Mobile medical services litter
Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
Intravenous or arterial arm boards
Nebulizers
Veterinary speculums
Mobile resuscitator or aspirator kits
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Hypodermic injection apparatus
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Air rifles or air handguns
Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters
Veterinary injection or suction unit
Medical x ray darkroom accessories
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
Restraints
Medical x ray films or cassettes
Medical x ray intensifying screens
Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators
Surgical calipers or rulers or protractors
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Needleless intravenous injection syringe sets or injection cannulas
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
Glucose monitors or meters
Veterinary blood pressure testers
Chemical or gas sterilizers
Gas anesthesia apparatus or machines
Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
Cages or its accessories
Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
Pulse oximeter units
Microcentrifuges
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
Blood collection needles
Finger ring removers or cutters
Dental probes or explorers
Needleless vial or bag withdrawal cannulas or adapters or decanters
Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Laboratory balances
Laboratory diluters
Enteral feeding administration sets
Mobile medical services triage tags
Esophageal tubes
Medical radiation films or badges
Intravenous catheters
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use
Nasopharyngeal tubes or airways
Mobile medical service intravenous IV kits
Medical acoustic stethoscopes
Resuscitation masks
Notebook computers
Mobile medical service anti shock garments
Extremity restraints
Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
Enema kits
Endotracheal tubes
Handheld refractometers or polarimeters
Veterinary castration instruments
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
Surgical isolation or surgical masks
Hypodermic needle
Intubation stylets
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
Protective gloves
Intravenous or arterial tubing adapter or connector
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits
Intubation forceps
Medical radiological shielding gloves
Therapeutic heating or cooling units or systems
Veterinary electrocardiograph ECG
Respiratory monitoring kits
Dental finishing or polishing discs
Sledge hammer
Urinary catheterization kits
Mobile medical services obstetrics kits
Animal weighing scales
Dental scalers
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Patient stretchers
Blood pressure recording units
Analgesic infusion sets or kits
Flow sensors or regulators or components
Chemistry analyzers
Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
Winged infusion needle set
Dental x ray units
Intubation gauges or guides
Non vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Suture removers
Harnesses or its accessories
Mobile medical services head immobilizers
Mobile medical services non-suction antichoke devices
Specimen collection container
Oxygen therapy delivery system products
Veterinary clinical thermometers
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Binocular light compound microscopes
Medical nasal cannulas
Animal shearing or clipping equipment
Oxygen insufflators
Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices
Muzzles
Arterial line catheters
Microscope slides
Electrocardiography EKG units
Ambulances
Benchtop centrifuges
Tourniquets
Digital cameras
Hemocytometers
Dental handpieces
Blood gas analyzers
Suture needles
Blood collection syringes
Surgical retractors
Desktop computers
Osmometers
Personal computers
Periodontal curettes
Artificial airway holders
Ophthalmic tonometers
Tablet computers
Coagulation analyzers
