According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of veterinary technologists and technicians is expected to grow 36 percent from 2008 to 2018. Click here to learn more.
As a veterinary technician at the usual small animal practice, part of your daily chores will be interacting with your animal patients’ owners. This can be a trying situation since most pets are treated like family members. Pet health care becomes quite an emotional situation. And, at times those owners can appear very demanding and […]
Jared will tell you that there isn’t much money working as a vet tech. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the median wage in 2006 was $12.88 per hour. Although a small 10 percent earned only $8.79 per hour, at the top range vet techs earned more than $18.68 per hour. Although these salaries […]
As a veterinary technician at the usual small animal practice, part of your daily chores will be interacting with your animal patients’ owners. This can be a trying situation since most pets are treated like family members. Pet health care becomes quite an emotional situation. And, at times those owners can appear very demanding and […]
Darren always enjoyed going to the wildlife preserve near his home growing up in Oklahoma. He always gets very animated even today recalling a time once when one of the preserve’s emus developed a crush on his sister and would seek her out every time they visited. He particularly enjoyed each visit to the petting […]
No, I’m not talking about the door to get inside. There’s a job for a vet tech in case you don’t want to work with cats and dogs. Not that there’s anything wrong with cats and dogs except that they usually have these annoying humans at the end of their leashes. So, if you are […]
One of the most important aspects Carl found out during his veterinary technician training was how important his time as an intern prepared him for real-world situations he would face once he was completed his initial vet tech training. Internship is ‘Real’ World Carl hopped on the opportunity to be placed on a very active […]
Why not get paid to do something you love? Huh? There are too many people stuck in dead-end jobs where every day is a struggle to get up and get to that you really, really wish would go away. Jack loves his job, you think. He works in construction. Makes great money. Stays in shape. […]
Although the prospect of 11 to 12 years of education may not be what you can commit to, the best way to start a career caring for animals is to become a veterinary technician, or vet tech. Requirements vary from state to state. Here’s a Glamorous Choice Sure, you might obtain a job at a […]
Many people do not realize that there is a great need for emergency animal care. Like humans, animals operate on no time clock when it comes to getting sick or hurt. Therefore, throughout the country many after-hours as well as 24-hour-per day emergency animal hospitals and clinics have been established to meet this need. The […]
If you are under the impression that becoming a vet tech means you are stuck in a clinic somewhere cleaning up ovaries and testicles from each day’s spays and neuters, you are wrong. being a vet tech means that you are going to be able to go as far as bio research and with all […]