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Career Details :: Animal Control Workers
Description
Handle animals for the purpose of investigations of mistreatment, or control of abandoned, dangerous, or unattended animals.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Captures or removes stray, uncontrolled, or abused animals from undesirable conditions and transports to shelter.
- Trains police officers in dog handling and training techniques for tracking, crowd control, and narcotics and bomb detection.
- Examines animals for injuries or malnutrition and arranges for medical treatment.
- Investigates animal bites and alleged violations, interviews witnesses, and reports violations to police or requests arrest of violators.
- Removes animals from vehicle and places animal in shelter cage or other enclosure.
- Examines animal licenses and inspects establishments housing animals for compliance with laws, and issues warnings or summonses to violators.
- Writes reports of activities and maintains files of impoundment and disposition of animals.
- Supplies animals with food, water, and personal care.
- Euthanizes rabid, unclaimed, or severely injured animals.
- Conducts tours of facility, demonstrates dog-handling techniques, and explains use of dogs in police work, using trained dog.
- Instructs handlers in dog health care and handler's responsibilities.
Related Careers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Teaching Others
- Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Hazardous Situations
- Supervise, Coach, Train Others
- Consequence of Error
Related Majors
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| Administration of Justice |  [ add ] |
| Aviation/Criminal Justice | [ add ] |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement | [ add ] |
| Economic Crime Investigation | [ add ] |
| Law Enforcement | [ add ] |
| Pre-education | [ add ] |
| Pre-electrical Engineering | [ add ] |
| Probation/Parole | [ add ] |
| Protection Management | [ add ] |
| Security Administration | [ add ] |
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