Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Work setting
Tasks
- Diagnose diseases or abnormal conditions in individual animals, herds and flocks through physical examinations or laboratory tests
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds or performing surgery
- Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases
- Advise clients on feeding, housing, behaviour, breeding, hygiene and general care of animals
- Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations
- Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia
- Responsible for overall operation of animal hospital, clinic or mobile service to farms
- Supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 40 hours per week