{"id":14660,"date":"2022-10-05T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T23:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?post_type=ra-industry&#038;p=14660"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T02:30:53","slug":"animal-care","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/industry\/animal-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who doesn\u2019t love animals? We\u2019re all big fans in the office, and we know a few young people are keen to learn more about what a career working with animals could look like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia is home to incredible wildlife and unique animal habitats, so there\u2019s an array of potential career paths you could look at here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from general veterinary clinics and care, you could explore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specialist and exotic animal veterinary care.<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife conservation.<\/li>\n<li>Zoo keeping.<\/li>\n<li>Dog training and care.<\/li>\n<li>Horse training and care.<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural veterinary care.<\/li>\n<li>Animal handling (defence, security, rescue or police services).<\/li>\n<li>Animal research and ethical laboratory care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many different ways to get started in the industry, and the qualification pathway you take will primarily depend on the type of work and the role\/s you want to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are opportunities through apprenticeships, degree pathways, and direct work experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with animals probably sounds like a lot of fun, but it\u2019s worth keeping in mind it can also be a lot of hard work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animals can\u2019t openly communicate with us, so it takes a lot of patience, commitment, and empathy to work with them and understand their needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, as anyone who has ever had a pet will know, being around animals of all shapes and sizes can be a lot of fun and extremely rewarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14662,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/14660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}