5164-Pet groomers and animal care workers

Tasks include

• bathing and feeding animals
• leading or carrying animals to treatment room and holding them during treatment
• cleaning and sterilising veterinary surgical instruments
• labeling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations and replenishing stock
• sterilising bottles, beakers and other equipment
• cleaning, organizing, and disinfecting animal quarters such as pens, stables, cages, and yards, and animal equipment such as saddles and bridles
• collecting and recording animal information such as weight, size, physical condition and, treatments received, medications given, and food intake
• training animals to develop and maintain desired animal behaviors for competition, entertainment, obedience, security, riding and other activities
• grooming animals by performing tasks such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, cutting nails and cleaning ears.