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Careers in Business and Animal-related Products
A list of the careers categorized as those where people start their own businesses where they create animal-related products.
These products include those made FOR animals, as well as those made FROM animals.
List of Careers to choose from
Click on the name of the career for a short description of the career. When you want to learn more, click on the CAREER PAGE link to access the full Profile.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Biofuel producers use natural products (currently mostly plant oils) to generate fuel for combustion engines (used in vehicles, power generators etc). Continued research has shown that animal byproducts, in manure and animal fats, are just as beneficial in creating biofuels.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
Animal food producer manufactures various kinds of food, such as kibbles, pellets, seeds, hays, grass and wet food given to various kinds of animals, whether domesticated or wildlife.
Also known as:
- Animal Food Manufacturer
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
Animal food sales representatives sell animal food and nutritional products to farms, retail stores, and other businesses that either feed animals or sell animal feed to their customers. The food includes the factory produced kibbles, pellets, seeds, hays, grass and wet food given to various kinds of animals, whether domesticated or wildlife.
This career is also known according to the kind of animals –
- Livestock Feed Sales Representative
- Pet Food Sales Representative
- Game or Wildlife Supplementary Feed Sales Representative
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats
Cat cafe owners run cafe shops, serving drinks and food, while the customers can mingle and interact with cats kept on the premises.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Farm Animals, Mammals
A cheese producer is a person who mixes and cooks milk, together with different ingredients, to prepare cheese and cheese products. Cheese can be made entirely by hand, or through a mechanized process.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Farm Animals, Mammals
A Hide Tanner is a person who makes leather out of different kinds of animal hides and skins by cleaning, tanning, currying, and finishing them.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
Animal holistic health is a form of veterinary medicine that utilizes a combination of the normal veterinary procedures (medicine, analysis and surgery) with the use of natural or complementary medicine and healing methods.
A Holistic Health Specialists therefore uses a combination of veterinary and holistic medicine to treat animals.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Insects
Honey producers are people who Breed and manage various species of bee that produce honey for local, national and international markets.
They are also known as:
- Beekeeper
- Apiarist
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A Horse Products Designer is a person who designs, produces and sells products produced specifically to be used for horses.
They may design and produce the following:
- Blankets
- Tack (equipment or accessories equipped on horses, such as saddles and reins)
- Gear and clothing for the riders
- Cleaning/grooming products
- Carts, carriages and buggies
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals, Mammals
A Leathersmith uses tools and machinery to colour, design, create, repair, and restore items made from processed leather.
Also known as:
- Leather Craftworker
- Leather Goods Maker
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects
A Live Feed Supplier breeds, harvests and sells live or dead animals to people who use them as food for their animals, such as mealworms for lizards.
A short list of species that are used as live feed:
- Mealworms – for reptiles and spiders
- Crickets – for reptiles, amphibians and spiders
- Mice – for reptiles and raptors
- Frogs – for large reptiles
- Chickens – for large reptiles, such as crocodile and alligator farms
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
A Natural Pet Supply Store Owner is a small business owner specialising in the sale of natural, eco-friendly, and health-conscious products for pets.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
An organic treat maker creates delicious recipes and treats for mostly pets to eat. The ingredients of the treats are natural and may include items such as honey, seeds, peanut butter, pumpkin and other fruits.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians
Pet Accessories Makers are individuals or companies that design, produce and sell accessories made specifically with pets in mind.
They produce the following:
- Clothes
- Beds
- Leashes
- Collars
- Toys
- Food bowls
- Jewelry
- Blankets
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters
A pet bakery owner operates a specialty bakery that makes and sells treats, cakes and other food that are nutritionally-appropriate for pets.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Birds, Fish, Reptiles
A sales representative is a person who helps a company sell its products (or services) to interested buyers, Buyers may be individual consumers, or large retail businesses that stock products, such as a supermarket, or pet store, and then sell it to their customers.
This means that a pet product sales representative sells products made specifically for pets, on behalf of the manufacturer.
Also know as:
- Sales Agent
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters
A raw food producer is a person who produces raw food or servings that will benefit domesticated animals, especially cats and dogs.
The raw food, such as red meat, pieces of poultry and even bone are given as supplementary of the normal animal foods.
