Job application for animal tech role completed! Fuck I hope I get an interview at least, so I can see what those types of roles are looking for specifically.
I still don’t know if I want to go vet nurse or animal tech though. I can do the Cert IV Vet Nurse at my current TAFE, or go to Box Hill for the Diploma in Animal Tech. Vet Nurses are needed quite desperately, but so are Animal Techs, and Animal Tech is very lab-based research - which is extremely up my alley haha.
I’d love to be an advocate for animal welfare in animal tech spaces, and I’m not sure I could handle vet nursing due to the clients (many unknowingly mistreat their pets), but either way I just want to help animals. Vet nursing means I can help owners understand their pets needs, and animal tech means I could contribute to life saving medicine and research.
I was also considering animal agriculture as well, but I’ll 100% need my driver’s license for that!
I don’t know much about careers and stuff but if they’re equally appealing you could go for whichever has the higher salary, so you have a bit more financial stability if you want to change to the other one in future?
Or whichever offers experience to help you get into the other (if it works like that)
If I was being selfish I’d say vet nutrition so you could invent poultry free prescription food.
True true! I think I’d just happy working with animals at this point, regardless of the actual job! And I have about six months before I get my cert III so plenty of time to think and research and apply :D
True about the poultry free!! So hard because I think a lot of it is chickens are pretty cheap to process, and taurine is a requirement for cats specifically, so it’s an easy way to get that amino acid. I think there is taurine powder available, that can be added to their diet, but I don’t know much about that or what else is in it! But thank you! Another career option to consider!!!
I had an interest in a certain line of work around 10 years ago. I literally drove to those companies unannounced and asked the the owners if I could chat about the career for a bit. To my surprise they were very accommodating and answered all my questions. It helped immensely.
Maybe try that?
E: maybe make an appointment first lol. I can be passionate and impulsive at times.
I’m planning on emailing local shelters and vet clinics and see if they’re willing to take me on (either volunteer or part time, so I can still go to school).
When I volunteered at Lort Smith, many people were there to build up their resume for animal/vet roles. In case you’re looking for more ways to get good things on your resume.
They’ll probably start you in the laundry room for three months. It’s a pretty easy four hour shift doing industrial laundry and delivering clean towels to the areas. I later moved to kennels. The laundry shift is great in winter, it’s really warm with the big dryers. I left because a kennel tech cracked the shits at me for playing with a ‘red’ coded dog that I’d asked the lead tech about. The dog wasn’t aggressive but it was strong and would jump at people with an open mouth creating a bite risk. I’m also a big strong dude so I was trying to help socialise the dog in a calm manner and the mid range tech came in an yelled at me without knowing the full story so I quit.
Job application for animal tech role completed! Fuck I hope I get an interview at least, so I can see what those types of roles are looking for specifically.
I still don’t know if I want to go vet nurse or animal tech though. I can do the Cert IV Vet Nurse at my current TAFE, or go to Box Hill for the Diploma in Animal Tech. Vet Nurses are needed quite desperately, but so are Animal Techs, and Animal Tech is very lab-based research - which is extremely up my alley haha.
I’d love to be an advocate for animal welfare in animal tech spaces, and I’m not sure I could handle vet nursing due to the clients (many unknowingly mistreat their pets), but either way I just want to help animals. Vet nursing means I can help owners understand their pets needs, and animal tech means I could contribute to life saving medicine and research.
I was also considering animal agriculture as well, but I’ll 100% need my driver’s license for that!
I love all the animals! Choices choices!!!
I don’t know much about careers and stuff but if they’re equally appealing you could go for whichever has the higher salary, so you have a bit more financial stability if you want to change to the other one in future?
Or whichever offers experience to help you get into the other (if it works like that)
If I was being selfish I’d say vet nutrition so you could invent poultry free prescription food.
True true! I think I’d just happy working with animals at this point, regardless of the actual job! And I have about six months before I get my cert III so plenty of time to think and research and apply :D
True about the poultry free!! So hard because I think a lot of it is chickens are pretty cheap to process, and taurine is a requirement for cats specifically, so it’s an easy way to get that amino acid. I think there is taurine powder available, that can be added to their diet, but I don’t know much about that or what else is in it! But thank you! Another career option to consider!!!
I had an interest in a certain line of work around 10 years ago. I literally drove to those companies unannounced and asked the the owners if I could chat about the career for a bit. To my surprise they were very accommodating and answered all my questions. It helped immensely.
Maybe try that?
E: maybe make an appointment first lol. I can be passionate and impulsive at times.
I’m planning on emailing local shelters and vet clinics and see if they’re willing to take me on (either volunteer or part time, so I can still go to school).
Good luck :)
When I volunteered at Lort Smith, many people were there to build up their resume for animal/vet roles. In case you’re looking for more ways to get good things on your resume.
Thank you!! Just applied as a volunteer!!
They’ll probably start you in the laundry room for three months. It’s a pretty easy four hour shift doing industrial laundry and delivering clean towels to the areas. I later moved to kennels. The laundry shift is great in winter, it’s really warm with the big dryers. I left because a kennel tech cracked the shits at me for playing with a ‘red’ coded dog that I’d asked the lead tech about. The dog wasn’t aggressive but it was strong and would jump at people with an open mouth creating a bite risk. I’m also a big strong dude so I was trying to help socialise the dog in a calm manner and the mid range tech came in an yelled at me without knowing the full story so I quit.