Animal Care & Veterinary Services
Career Catalog
Animal Care & Veterinary Services
Care for animals, support veterinary teams and build skills in training, grooming, shelter, laboratory and specialty settings
These careers involve caring for animals, supporting health and veterinary services, managing safe facilities and helping animals learn or recover. You might assist in a veterinary practice, provide daily kennel or shelter care, groom pets, train service animals, work with horses or livestock, support laboratory testing or care for wildlife, aquatic or exotic animals.
How to explore this category
- Explore veterinary assisting or veterinary technology if animal health, clinical teamwork and careful procedures interest you
- Explore kennel, boarding, shelter or animal-control work if daily care, public service and animal welfare appeal to you
- Explore animal training, service-animal training or grooming if behavior, communication and hands-on skill fit your interests
- Explore equine care, livestock health or farriery if you prefer working with large animals and field settings
- Explore laboratory, diagnostic, zoo, wildlife or aquatic-animal work if science and specialized animal care appeal to you
What is an apprenticeship
An apprenticeship is a paid job where you learn from experienced workers and take related classes. In a Registered Apprenticeship, training follows an approved plan and pay usually increases as skills grow. Not every career in this category uses apprenticeship, so ask the employer or program sponsor exactly how the training works and what credential it provides.
