Alternative animal therapist
Code 3240.1
Alternative animal therapists investigate sick or injured small and large animals and provide an alternative healing treatment. They may use homeopathy or acupuncture and other alternative medicines or methods to heal the animal. Alternative animal therapists also advise treatments which strengthen the self-healing powers of animals.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- anatomy of animals
- animal welfare
- biosecurity related to animals
- animal behaviour
- environmental enrichment for animals
- physiology of animals
- animal welfare legislation
- signs of animal illness
Skills and competences
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- control animal movement
- assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements
- plan physical rehabilitation of animals
- prepare animal therapy equipment
- treat animals ethically
- deal with challenging people
- monitor the welfare of animals
Transversal competences
- advise on animal welfare
- manage personal professional development
- manage animal biosecurity
- handle veterinary emergencies
- protect health and safety when handling animals
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences