1. What is the title of the
occupation?
Animal Behaviorist/Animal Care
worker
2. What is the nature of the
work?
Animal care and service workers train, feed, groom, and exercise
animals. They also clean, disinfect, and repair the animals' cages. They play
with the animals, provide companionship, and observe behavioral changes that
could indicate illness or injury.Boarding kennels, pet stores, animal shelters, rescue leagues, veterinary hospitals and clinics, stables, laboratories, aquariums and natural aquatic habitats, and zoological parks all house animals and employ animal care and service workers.
3. What is the work
environment?
The work of animal caretakers
may by distressing, but varies on where you work and what you do. You may work
outdoors in all kinds of weather, and the facility may be loud. You may also be
required to work nights and weekends, as animals always need care 24 hours of
the day.
4. What training is required?
It depends on the type of work you
go into, for example a dog trainer would need a vocational school certificate,
community college courses, or private training schools, while a wildlife
biologist would need a bachelor’s degree in biology.
5. Are there other
qualifications? If so, what are they?
Having prior experience with
animals is necessary, as well as completion of courses for dog training.
6. What is the potential for
advancement?
There is little to none due to the
nature of the work, which is to care for animals.
7. How many jobs are there in
the occupation in the US? In Utah?
In Utah 2,400 people are
employed in this profession while in the US 189,100 are employed.
8. What are the projections
for employment is the US? In Utah?
Animal care and service
workers are expected to grow 23 percent, which is faster than the average of
occupations. Nonfarm animal caretakers are expected to grow 28 percent, and a
shockingly 3 percent for animal trainers. In Utah the job outlook is good except
for zoo and aquarists because of the low turnover rate.
9. What are the typical
earnings for the occupation?
The typical earnings for dog
trainers is 26,500, including the lowest 10 percent earning 16,050, and the
highest at 31,880. The highest for animal care workers is 19,780.
10. What are the related
occupations?
Related occupations include
agricultural workers, veterinarians, veterinarian assistants and laboratory
animal caretakers, veterinary technologists and technicians, and farmers, ranchers,
and other agricultural managers.
11. What skills are required?
The skills required for this type of
work include: compassion, customer-service skills, detail oriented, patience,
problem-solving skills and stamina.
12. What are the interests?
Love for animals, and
compassion!
13. What are the work styles?
The work styles are dedicated,
hardworking, and very patient.
14. What are the work values?
Those in the animal care need
to have compassion and not be selfish.
15. What Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI) types are commonly found in the field?
ESFJ, ISFJ
Analysis: The low income level
scared me a bit, but the thought of working with animal’s everyday really
appeals to me. I also don’t know how patient I am or if I have what it takes to
work in this industry. I definitely need to job shadow and watch someone
training to see if I would enjoy it or not, and perhaps just do it on the side,
rather than a full time career.
1. What is the title of the occupation?
Zoologist
2. What is the nature of the work?
They study behavior, diseases, and development of animals.
3. What is the work environment?
They have a medium level of social contact, and may work mostly
with animals alone or in group setting. They work both indoors and outdoors and
generally don’t have a set schedule but do work approximately 40 hours a week.
4. What training is required?
In order to become a zoologist, you need to have at least a
bachelor degree in biological science, work experience, on the job training,
after completing a doctoral degree, work as a postdoc to gain more extensive
knowledge in the field.
5. Are there other qualifications? If so, what are
they?
More qualifications include more schooling and postdoctoral work.
6. What is the potential for advancement?
There is a moderate potential for advancement, to advance as
a supervisor after a few years and as experience is gained.
7. How many jobs are there in the occupation in the US?
In Utah?
In the US there are 5,900 jobs and in Utah there are 20,
which are both very low numbers.
8. What are the projections for employment is the US?
In Utah?
The US projects 7.6% while Utah projects 18.2%, which are
both slower than average.
9. What are the typical earnings for the occupation?
Typical earnings for zoologists range from 36,310 just
starting out and 94,070 after 20-25 years in the field, and these numbers range
on what type of degree you have.
10. What are the related occupations?
Related occupations include biologist, microbiologists, agricultural
technicians, veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers, and animal
breeders.
11. What skills are required?
Zoologist need to be able to communicate, reason and problem
solve, use math and science, work with people, manage oneself, people, time,
and things, and visualize and perceive.
12. What are the interests?
Interests include investigative and realistic.
13. What are the work styles?
Cooperation, dependability, attention to detail, analytical
thinking, integrity, adaptability, flexibility, stress tolerance, self -control,
concern for others, initiative are the work styles needed for this career.
14. What are the work values?
The work values are achievement, recognition, and working
conditions.
15. What Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) types are commonly
found in the field?
Investigative and Realistic.
Analysis: Zoology is definitely a good career decision for me! I am
not investigative nor realistic, and the job duties do not sound appealing to
me in the slightest, not to mention the pay is only decent once you are in the
field for 20 to 25 years.
1. What is the title of the occupation?
Fine Artist
2. What is the nature of the work?
Relaxed and creative setting where artist create works of art
to communicate ideas, thoughts, or feelings.
3. What is the work environment?
The work environment is very relaxed and self-paced, usually
spending time mostly with yourself.
4. What training is required?
Collegiate courses are helpful in learning techniques and
gaining knowledge.
5. Are there other qualifications? If so, what are
they?
Having a portfolio is necessary to project the artist work and to
gain employment.
6. What is the potential for advancement?
As artists work becomes more circulated, advancement and
commission increases, and if the desire to work as a teacher/professor, a
college degree is necessary.
7. How many jobs are there in the occupation in the US?
In Utah?
In Utah there are 420 jobs and in the US there are 25,700
jobs for artists.
8. What are the projections for employment is the US?
In Utah?
The projection for growth is slower than average, from 3 to
9%.
9. What are the typical earnings for the occupation?
Typical earnings for this occupation are median 44,600
annually, but range from 19,150 to 90, 050 to the end of their career.
10. What are the related occupations?
Related occupations include floral designers, graphic
designers, film and video editors, costume attendants, makeup artists,
jewelers, and precious metal workers.
11. What skills are required?
The skills required are active listening and learning,
critical thinking, judgment and decisions making, complex problem solving,
social perceptiveness, originality, visualization, fluency of ideas, arm-hand
steadiness, manual dexterity, and visual color discrimination, finger
dexterity, near vision, selective attention, and speech recognition.
12. What are the interests?
Artistic and Realistic are interests involved in this
occupation.
13. What are the work styles?
Work styles include attention to detail, independence,
innovation, dependability, achievement/effort, integrity, persistence,
initiative, cooperation, adaptability/flexibility.
14. What are the work values?
The work values are independence, achievement, and working
conditions.
15. What Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) types are
commonly found in the field?
Artistic and Realistic are most common in this field.
Analysis: this career is most
appealing to me in essence of being able to work by myself and express myself
creatively. Becoming an illustrator sounds interesting, and I plan to do a job
shadow and speak with a few to see if I enjoy it or not. The only thing that
scares me is the pay, which I know I need to be a great deal higher. Perhaps I
will do it on the side.
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