Vet Tech Career

So you're thinking of becoming a veterinary technician. You may have already checked out some colleges in your area that offer a vet tech program. Before you enroll, you should consider your decision at length. There are both advantages and disadvantages to working as a veterinary technician. In this article you will learn more about the duties and tasks performed by these professionals and what you can expect if you enter this career field.

Veterinary technicians must report to work early in the morning, usually before the veterinary clinic opens for the day. There may be various preparatory measures that must be performed before patients can be seen. Speaking of patients, they begin arriving early in the day and usually don't stop until closing time. While some clinics in underpopulated areas may be slow most stay booked with pets and their owners from morning until evening. That means you'll be kept busy with a variety of tasks. Vet techs spend all day on their feet, often moving around. You will of course get to take a lunch break and shorter breaks at specified times throughout your day.

Working as a vet tech is certainly not boring. You'll get to meet a variety of pets and their owners every day. Your job duties may include routine vaccinations, extracting blood samples, running tests, cleaning teeth, assisting in surgery and more. There are times when the job can get hectic and very stressful. In addition to giving physicals and vaccines to healthy pets you will be assisting your supervising veterinarian with pets suffering trauma and even those that must be euthanized. These are times when you may question your career choice, however the first time an animal's life is saved you will remember why you decided to be a vet tech.

You can prepare for a vet tech career by attending a two-year program at an accredited educational facility. To find one, do some online research or check the yellow pages for colleges and universities in your local area. After completing your education you must take the state exam and get licensed before you can actually get a job. If you need to work while getting your education, a job as a kennel assistant or even a pet store associate can get you experienced in working closely with animals.


Career Profiles: Small Animal Veterinary Technician

 

 

Vet Tech News:

 

Armed raider threatens vet staff
Two masked men - one wielding a screwdriver - have threatened staff at a veterinary practice in Cornwall and made off with a sum of money...


Man jailed for starving pet dog
A 45-year-old man from Northamptonshire whose starving dog resorted to eating clothing including a zip and buttons before it died has been jailed...


New WVC Plaza, New Services, Fun Health Workouts, and Fabulous CE Are This . - MarketWatch (press release)

New WVC Plaza, New Services, Fun Health Workouts, and Fabulous CE Are This .
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, Feb 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- More than 900 hours of programming fill the agenda of the 84th Annual Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) being held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas from February 19-23, 2012.

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Students test their ag knowledge.
Nearly 300 college students from across the state were in attendance at the 2012 Minnesota Post-Secondary Agriculture Students State Conference Wednesday at Southwest Minnesota State University...


4-H Vet Tech training session planned
The first 2012 meeting for the Circle-V 4-H lessons on veterinary technician training is set for Jan. 26...


Putney appoints Idexx vet Dupree as COO
Putney Inc., the Portland, Maine, pharmaceutical firm developing generic prescription medicine for pets, has appointed a new chief operating officer in TJ Dupree, a veteran of another Maine pet health tech firm, Idexx Laboratories Inc...


Veterinary Specialty Care Expands - Patch.com

Veterinary Specialty Care Expands
Patch.com
By Adam Crisp Dr. Kelly Love and Licensed Veterinary Technician Lindsay Prosymchak examine Adelheid, a boxer, at the expanded Veterinary Specialty Care on Johnnie Dodds Boulevard. Veterinary Specialty Care has expanded its practice to a new facility at .

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Hunterdon Polytech program offers options for animal lovers
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Over 500 Vets Hired at VAa s Hiring Fair
"America needs to put the skills, dedication and resourcefulness of our Veterans into the workforce to help rebuild an economy that lasts" "America needs to put the skills, dedication and resourcefulness of our Veterans into the workforce to help rebuild an economy that lasts," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki...




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