animal chiropractor
Code 2250.1
Animal chiropractors provide a therapeutic treatment following veterinary diagnosis or referral. They concentrate on spinal manipulation or manual therapy for animals in accordance with national legislation.
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
- use animal chiropractic techniques
- assess the animal’s rehabilitation requirements
- manage animal welfare
- plan physical rehabilitation of animals
- prepare animal therapy equipment
- 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