Job Family: 31-0000 Healthcare Support
Occupational Group: 31-9090 Healthcare Support
OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY: HEALTHCARE SUPPORT
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: HEALTHCARE SUPPORT
OCCUPATION: VETERINARY ASST & LAB ANIMAL CARETAKERS
31-9096
BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 1 – Pay Band 002
DESCRIPTION
Feed, water, and examine pets and other nonfarm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratories and animal hospitals and clinics. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine post-operative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of veterinary or laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Assists veterinarian in variety of animal health care duties, including injections, venipunctures, and wound dressings.
Prepares examination or treatment room, and holds or restrains animal during procedures.
Prepares patient, medications, equipment, and instruments for surgical procedures, using specialized knowledge.
Assists veterinarian during surgical procedures, passing instruments and materials in accordance with oral instructions.
Completes routine laboratory tests and cares for and feeds laboratory animals.
Assists professional personnel with research projects in commercial, public health, or research laboratories.
Inspects products or carcasses to ensure compliance with health standards, when employed in food processing plant.
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Assisting and Caring for Others / Providing assistance or personal care to others.Performing General Physical Activities / Performing physical activities that require moving one's whole body, such as in climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, where the activities often also require considerable use of the arms and legs, such as in the physical handling of materials.
Getting Information Needed to Do the Job / Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Handling and Moving Objects / Using one's own hands and arms in handling, installing, forming, positioning, and moving materials, or in manipulating things, including the use of keyboards.
Communicating With Other Workers / Providing information to supervisors, fellow workers, and subordinates. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via telephone/electronic transfer.
Establishing and Maintaining Relationships / Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
Evaluating Information Against Standards / Evaluating information against a set of standards and verifying that it is correct.
Documenting/Recording Information / Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in either written form or by electronic/magnetic recording.
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Science / Using scientific methods to solve problemsEquipment Selection / Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
Information Organization / Finding ways to structure or classify multiple pieces of information
Active Listening
/Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate
Reading Comprehension / Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documentsInformation Gathering / Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information
Active Learning / Working with new material or information to grasp its implications
Product Inspection / Inspecting and evaluating the quality of products
Coordination / Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Solution Appraisal / Observing and evaluating the outcomes of a problem solution to identify lessons learned or redirect efforts
Biology / Knowledge of plant and animal living tissue, cells, organisms, and entities, including their functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment
Medicine and Dentistry / Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE: 03/17/2003
History: 07/01/2002
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