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Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
- Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Certification
Additional Skills
- Enforce government regulations in disease control and food production including animal or animal-based food inspection
- Supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers
Work Setting
- Veterinary clinic
- Private practice
- Farms
Specific Skills
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds or performing surgery
- Diagnose diseases or abnormal conditions in individual animals, herds and flocks through physical examinations or laboratory tests
- Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases
- Advise clients on feeding, housing, behaviour, breeding, hygiene and general care of animals
- Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia
- Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations
Security and Safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Immunization records
- Eligible for professional liability insurance
- Criminal record check
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Ability to Supervise
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
Work Location Information
- Willing to relocate
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Accurate
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Reliability