animal behaviourist
ISCO: 2131. Skills: 56. Essential: 36.
Essential skills
- advise on animal welfare
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal evolution
- animal training
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- assess animal behaviour
- assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together
- assistive instruments
- biosecurity related to animals
- control animal movement
- deal with challenging people
- design plans to address undesirable behaviour in animals
- design training programmes for animals
- design training programmes for individuals and animals
- environmental enrichment for animals
- handle veterinary emergencies
- implement exercise activities for animals
- interact safely with animals
- manage animal biosecurity
- manage animal welfare
- manage personal professional development
- monitor the welfare of animals
- neuroanatomy of animals
- neurophysiology of animals
- physiology of animals
- promote animal welfare
- provide an enriching environment for animals
- provide animal training
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- select animals for training
- signs of animal illness
- train animals and individuals to work together
Supporting skills
- adapt to changing situations
- analyse environmental data
- animal production science
- assess animal's condition
- collaborate with animal related professionals
- cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector
- exercise patience
- inspect data
- interview animal owners on animals' conditions
- maintain animal accommodation hygienic
- maintain relationships with animal welfare establishments
- maintain veterinary clinical records
- make decisions regarding the animal's welfare
- practise veterinary professional codes of conduct
- provide improvement strategies
- provide mentorship
- take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science
- treat animals ethically
- use different communication channels
- veterinary terminology