animal artificial insemination technician
ISCO: 3240. Skills: 44. Essential: 25.
Essential skills
- administer drugs to facilitate breeding
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- assess animal behaviour
- biosecurity related to animals
- carry out artificial insemination of livestock
- cryopreservation
- evaluate animal pregnancy
- evaluate semen
- handle frozen semen
- handle veterinary emergencies
- insert semen
- maintain breeding equipment
- maintain professional records
- manage animal biosecurity
- monitor the welfare of animals
- physiology of animals
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- select semen for artificial insemination of animals
- signs of animal illness
- store semen
Supporting skills
- animal production science
- assess animal's condition
- calculate optimal time for insemination
- collaborate with animal related professionals
- cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector
- deal with challenging people
- develop an animal handling strategy
- follow work schedule
- inspect data
- interview animal owners on animals' conditions
- keep records of animal inseminations
- make decisions regarding the animal's welfare
- plan animal breeding programmes
- prepare livestock for artificial insemination
- select breeding stock
- take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science
- treat animals ethically
- understand the animal's situation
- veterinary terminology