Animal Attendants and Trainers

What the job involves

• Teaching animals to obey verbal and non-verbal commands and addressing behavioural problems

• Training animals to accept riders and pull vehicles

• Training animals to perform in competitions

• Bathing, cutting, combing, blow-drying and styling pets' coats, clipping their nails and cleaning their ears

• Inspecting, preparing, cleaning, disinfecting and maintaining comfortable animal cages and enclosures

• Transporting food, filling water troughs and feeding animals according to their individual needs

• Maintaining animal health records, treating minor injuries and reporting serious conditions to Veterinarians

• Exercising and playing with animals, answering visitor questions, and transferring animals between enclosures by leading or carrying them

• Dusting and spraying insecticides on animals and immersing them in insecticide baths, to control insect pests