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animal-osteopath Occupational skill for the role 'animal osteopath' (also: animal osteopaths, veterinary osteopathic therapist, veterinary osteopath, animal ostepathic therapist). Use when the user asks for typical animal osteopath work such as: Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or treatment options.; Attend lectures, conferences, or continuing education courses.; Perform administrative or business management tasks, such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, budgeting, or maintaining business records.

Animal Osteopath

Animal osteopaths provide a therapeutic treatment following veterinary diagnosis or referral. They concentrate on the application of treatment techniques using manipulation of the body tissues to resolve strain and injury in animals in accordance with national legislation.

Core workflow

  1. Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or treatment options.
  2. Attend lectures, conferences, or continuing education courses.
  3. Perform administrative or business management tasks, such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, budgeting, or maintaining business records.
  4. Counsel clients about the deaths of their pets or about euthanasia decisions for their pets.
  5. Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.
  6. Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.
  7. Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.
  8. Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • advise on animal welfare
  • anatomy of animals
  • animal behaviour
  • animal welfare
  • animal welfare legislation
  • apply animal hygiene practices
  • apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
  • assess the animalโ€™s rehabilitation requirements
  • biosecurity related to animals
  • deal with challenging people
  • environmental enrichment for animals
  • handle veterinary emergencies
  • manage animal biosecurity
  • manage animal welfare
  • manage personal professional development

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Access
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e81269d8-f301-4c82-9235-ba33ec9b0434), ONET 30.3 (29-1131.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*