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Careers in Business and Animal-related Services
A list of the careers categorized as those where people start their own businesses where they provide animal-related support services.
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: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mollusks, Crustaceans
An animal broker assists animal sellers and buyers with the sale or acquisition of various species of animals.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians
An animal chaplain is a spiritual caregiver who provides different kinds of faith-based services, such as blessings and funerals, to owners of pets
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians
Animal import-export consultants help their clients to transport animals over long distances, using their knowledge of the customs implications in the different countries.
They are also the experts to inform their clients of tariffs, insurance, shipment, quotas and business tax compliance.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
Pet Insurance Brokers are special sales representatives of insurance companies that offer health insurance coverage policies for a variety of pet species. The health insurance is used similar to what we have as humans, in case of medical expenses and emergency.
Also known as:
- Pet Insurance Agent
- Pet Insurance Sales Agent
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
A campaign coordinator is an individual whose role it is to coordinate a campaign’s operations, which could include actions involving fundraising, marketing, and other activities of the organization they work for. They help a campaign succeed.
Animal campaign coordinators therefore help to finish campaigns that benefit animals.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
Charity events organizers plan and manage events for organizations in order to raise their public profile or secure them funding to be able to do their work.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Dogs
A dog agility course trainer is an expert in training dogs to perform during agility sports events.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Dogs
A Dog Obedience Trainer uses various techniques to train dogs to do things on command, or to act in specific ways within the home or around other people and animals.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Mammals, Birds
Exotic animal trainers work with wildlife to teach them specific actions on command. They mostly work within the entertainment side of the animal careers. This also includes animals used in movies, and the marine mammals you see at aquariums and sea worlds.
The kinds of animals they can train:
- Birds
- Elephants
- Dolphins
- Primates
- Seals, and many more
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A farrier is highly skilled in certain techniques and tools to take care of the hooves of horses, from cleaning them, trimming the hooves, as well as replacing horseshoes.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A person who trains working horses to become accustomed to humans and carry out easy tasks when commanded to do so. Training is also given to help rectify behavioral issues.
Working horses are seen as:
- Normal riding horses
- Farm horses used to pull heavy equipment
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Dogs
K9 instructors are people who are specially equiped to train special working dogs through hand signals and sounds to perform certain functions.
K9 dogs are trained to:
- Track and catch criminals.
- Sniff out drugs, contraband and explosives.
- Patrol areas with police officers
- Protect people
- Protect wildlife, such as rhinos and elephants against poachers
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A livestock transporter makes use of exceptional skills in driving heavy load trucks to transport different kinds of farm animals from one place to another.
Farm animals may need to be transported to places where they are for example held for auction, grading, slaughter or left for grazing.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Mounted police horse trainers are special police officers who are skilled at training horses to be used in law and enforcement. They normally work with both the horse and it’s rider (police officer).
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Critters, Mammals, Birds, Insects, and Arachnids
A Pest Control Technician is trained to identify, manage, and eliminate pests that may pose a threat to public health, agriculture, or property
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Farm Animals, Mammals, Birds
A pet bereavement counsellor is a professional who provides support and counselling to individuals who are grieving the loss of a pet.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Farm Animals, Mammals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians
A pet funeral director is a professional who specialises in providing funeral services for pets.
Minimum Entry Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Birds
A pet business expert is a person who uses business knowledge and skills in advising other people on how to start and manage their own pet related businesses.
Also known as:
- Business Specialist
- Business Consultant
- Business Advisor
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Mammals, Birds
A Pet Detective is a highly skilled person who uses various techniques and equipment to locate missing pets and reunite them with their owners.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Birds
A pet taxi operator works similarly to a normal taxi, accept that the taxi is used to transport pets and their owners to where they need to be.
Pet taxis work well in large cities where pet owners do not necessarily have transport to take their pets to where they need to be, such as the vet or groomer.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Farm Animals, Critters, Mammals, Birds
A pet travel service provider is a person who uses knowledge of global transport methods and regulations to help pet owners transport their pets across borders.
Also known as:
- Pet relocation specialist
- Pet Travel Agent
- Pet Travel Consultant
- Pet Mover
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
People responsible for the care and training of horses to enable them to compete in races.
The race horses include the following:
- Thoroughbred horses
- Standard Bred Race Horses
- American Quarter Horses
- Steeplechase of Jump Race Horses
- Harness Race Horses
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
A rodeo horse trainer is an individual who trains horses to perform specific and amazing tasks during rodeos.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Dogs
Search & Rescue (SAR) Dog Trainers use their skills to train dogs to use scent to find humans that may be lost or difficult to find.
Although the SAR dogs are classified as K9, there are trainers that only work with SAR dogs.
Minimum Entry Level: College Diploma
Animal Species: Farm Animals
Train horses to become accustomed to their riders and carry out special tasks when commanded to do so during a show. Training is also given to help rectify behavioral issues, as well as train the riders.
The different show events include:
- Show Jumping
- Cross Country
- Dressage
- Vaulting
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Cats, Dogs, Critters, Farm Animals, Mammals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles
A taxidermist is a person who practices taxidermy, which is the art and science of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals for display.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Dogs
A therapy dog trainer uses skills to train dogs that provide affection, comfort and support to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices and disaster areas.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
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: Bachelor’s Degree
Animal Species: Mammals
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.
There are different kinds of capture experts, but they can be divided into two groups:
- Those who use tranquilizers to dart and immobilize the animals,
- Those that use herding or capturing techniques to capture the animals, without the use of tranquilizers.
Minimum Entry Level: High School Certificate
Animal Species: Dogs
Working dog trainers use their skills and knowledge to train dogs to perform specific practical tasks which can be seen as work (labor).
This career looks at people that train the following kinds of working dogs:
- Carting dogs
- Herding dogs
- Hunting dogs (retrievers)
- Sledding dogs
