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Career Opportunities

This program is designed to prepare students to become members of the veterinary health care team as entry-level veterinary technicians. Veterinary technicians work under the direction and supervision of veterinarians to provide medical and surgical nursing care to large, small, laboratory, and exotic animal species. Specific duties of veterinary technicians vary with employment type but often include the care and handling of animals, routine clinical laboratory procedures, radiography, surgical assistance, anesthesia, dentistry, intensive care nursing, record keeping, equipment maintenance, and client education. Veterinary technicians have a variety of employment opportunities including private, corporate, and referral veterinary practice, biomedical and research facilities, diagnostic laboratories, zoo and wildlife facilities, laboratory animal facilities, government programs, or the nutrition and pharmaceutical industries.