Careers in the welfare of marine animals
A list of all the careers categorized as those where a person takes care of marine animals.
The list includes careers where people:
- feed and care for the animals
- use medicine to keep the marine animals healthy
- construct enclosures to house the animals
- rehabilitate injured marine animals
Career List
Click on the name of a career to view its summary. You can then read more about the career by clicking on the CAREER PAGE link.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
An Animal Caretaker is the general and overall description used for someone who cares for the needs of animals. They feed, water, groom, bathe, and exercise animals. They work with domesticated or wild animals, in a variety of places, such as animal shelters, kennels, zoos, stables, pet stores, veterinary clinics, and aquariums.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Critters, Wildlife
Animal Keepers or Zookeepers care for animals in zoos, aquariums, and the different parks used for entertainment, education and conservation.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
An Animal Behaviourist studies the way animals behave and tries to determine what causes certain types of behaviour and what factors can prompt behaviour change.
​They usually specialize in specific kinds of species, whether it’s fish, birds, large animals, insects, livestock or household pets
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
Animal Geneticists analyze the genetic makeup of animals in order to discover which genes cause them to behave in certain ways.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
Animal Physiologists are biological scientists who study the various body parts of animals under normal and abnormal conditions. They may specialize in the study of cells, tissues or one of the organs or systems, such as the digestive, nervous or circulatory system.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Fish, Marine Mammals, Mollusks, Crustaceans
An aquarist is an individual that cares for the marine life in aquariums by maintaining their living environments and having hands on interactions with the creatures.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Fish, Marine Mammals, Mollusks, Crustaceans
An aquarium designer designs and builds tanks and exhibits of fish and other sea life. The exhibits can range from small fish tanks to large aquariums.
Minimum Entry Level: Doctorate Degree
Animal Species: Fish, Mammals
An Aquatic Veterinarian is a doctor who protects the health of humans and animals by treating a wide variety of water based species, such as fish, marine mammals and sea turtles.
Also known as:
- Marine Veterinarian
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
An artificial insemination technician uses specific tools to insert semen into female animals to assist with impregnation.
Also known as:
- Artificial Breeding Technician
Minimum Entry Level:Â
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
Enclosure designers may design and build different enclosures (such as terrariums, play pens etc) for animals that are mainly kept as pets or business.
Minimum Entry Level: Doctorate Degree
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
Endocrinologists specialize in treating and studying endocrine systems, which regulate the hormones of animals. They either do mostly research as a veterinary doctor on animal hormones and things impacting on these hormones, or physically diagnose and treat animals as a veterinarian.
Also known as:
- Domestic Animal Endocrinologist
- Zoo Endocrinologist
- Animal Hormone Specialist
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Fish
A fish hatchery technician takes care of the wellbeing of the different kinds of fish, kept at a hatchery. They also help maintain the tanks and water quality.
Also known as:
- Aquaculture Hatchery Technician
- Fish Hatchery Worker
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Wildlife
Habitat designers are responsible for designing enclosures or exhibits where wild animals are the key focus as entertainment, education or conservation (zoos, petting zoos, museums, sanctuaries and theme parks).
Also known as:
- Zoo Habitat Specialist
- Habitat Specialist
Minimum Entry Level: Doctorate Degree
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
A reproductive specialist is a type of doctor or veterinarian that studies the reproduction of animals and assists animal owners to ensure healthy reproduction.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals Wildlife
A Sanctuary Animal Caregiver works at a privately owned Sanctuary by caring for the different animals.
​Sanctuaries rescue different kinds of animals that might have been abused (such as farm animals), abandoned or not able to take care of itself in the wild. The sanctuary becomes their forever home until they pass away.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Pets, Critters, Farm Animals, Wildlife
A Veterinary Assistant is a vital member of any veterinary team. They work directly under the supervision of a veterinarian. They are skilled in the practical side of animal care, and are responsible for feeding, bathing, and exercising the animals, and they restrain them during examinations and treatment.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Wildlife
A wildlife capture expert is an individual who uses knowledge of specific species, as well as acquired skills, to safely capture wildlife, without putting them under undue stress or harm.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: All wildlife species, including Fish and Marine Mammals
Wildlife rehabilitators provide care to injured wild animals that are sick, injured or orphaned with the hopes of returning them back into the wild.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: All wildlife species, including Fish, Marine Mammals, Crustaceans, Mollusks
A wildlife transporter makes use of exceptional skills in driving heavy load trucks to transport different kinds of wildlife from one place to another.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Critters, Wildlife
Animal Keepers or Zookeepers care for animals in zoos, aquariums, and the different parks used for entertainment, education and conservation.
