Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a veterinary technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a veterinary technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Veterinary technicians provide the technical and administrative support to the veterinarian in accordance with national legislation.

Also known as veterinary assistant, veterinary auxiliary, veterinary practice technician, vet technician, vet's technician, vet practice technician, veterinary technicians.

Technicians and associate professionals 55 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: veterinary nurse, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
veterinary nurse 72% covered animal handler 67% covered animal embryo transfer techni… 64% covered veterinary receptionist 64% covered animal massage therapist 64% covered veterinary technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from veterinary technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a veterinary technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A veterinary technician needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assist in the administration of fluids to animals handling and moving
  • maintain work environments in a veterinary practice management skills
  • monitor condition of hospitalised animals information skills
  • assist in administering veterinary anaesthetics handling and moving
  • assist the veterinary surgeon as a scrub nurse handling and moving
  • prepare animals for anaesthesia handling and moving
  • prepare animals for veterinary surgery handling and moving
  • prepare environment for veterinary surgery handling and moving
  • prepare veterinary anaesthetic equipment handling and moving
  • support veterinary diagnostic imaging procedures handling and moving
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Veterinary technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a veterinary technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.