aquatic-animal-health-professional/references/market.md

Market evidence report — aquatic-animal-health-professional

Source: 64 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 64), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-08. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	46	72 %
n/a	9	14 %
junior	9	14 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	animal care	23	36 %
2	inventory management	19	30 %
3	animal husbandry	17	27 %
4	customer service	16	25 %
5	data analysis	10	16 %
6	animal restraint	8	12 %
7	animal handling	7	11 %
8	aquatic life maintenance	6	9 %
9	medication administration	6	9 %
10	sales techniques	6	9 %
11	exhibit maintenance	5	8 %
12	anesthesia monitoring	4	6 %
13	radiography	4	6 %
14	radiology	4	6 %
15	record keeping	4	6 %
16	vaccine administration	4	6 %
17	water quality management	4	6 %
18	animal health diagnosis	3	5 %
19	animal training	3	5 %
20	aquatic life care	3	5 %
21	customer education	3	5 %
22	laboratory skills	3	5 %
23	laboratory testing	3	5 %
24	patient care	3	5 %
25	patient monitoring	3	5 %
26	patient restraint	3	5 %
27	pharmacy skills	3	5 %
28	pricing	3	5 %
29	selling	3	5 %
30	stocking	3	5 %
31	surgical assistance	3	5 %
32	surgical preparation	3	5 %
33	venipuncture	3	5 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	petco animal care certification program	10	16 %
2	established selling models	6	9 %
3	selling model	4	6 %
4	operant conditioning	3	5 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	customer education	17	27 %
2	habitat maintenance	16	25 %
3	animal health checks	13	20 %
4	merchandise stocking	12	19 %
5	sales support	11	17 %
6	animal health maintenance	9	14 %
7	client communication	9	14 %
8	inventory ordering	9	14 %
9	transaction processing	9	14 %
10	register transactions	5	8 %
11	clinic upkeep	4	6 %
12	equipment maintenance	4	6 %
13	exhibit maintenance	4	6 %
14	guest interaction	4	6 %
15	housekeeping	4	6 %
16	inventory analysis	4	6 %
17	medical team support	4	6 %
18	record keeping	4	6 %
19	animal care	3	5 %
20	exhibit cleaning	3	5 %
21	habitat cleaning	3	5 %
22	patient care assistance	3	5 %

Job title variants in the market

Title	Ads
Animal Care Specialist	10
Animal Care Specialist - Urgent Hiring	7
Animal Care Associate - Immediate Openings	2
Animal Care Attendant - Immediate Hiring	2
Aquaculture Health Specialist: Shrimp & Marine Fish	2
Aquarist	2
Companion & Aquatic Animal Care Specialist	2
Veterinary Assistant	2
Veterinary Technician	2
Animal Health Poultry & Aquaculture Marketing Sr. Specialist	1
Animal Keeper	1
Animal Keeper & Aquarist	1
Aquaculture Lab Technician I — Research & Systems Support	1
Aquatic Animal Care Specialist (Part-Time)	1
Aquatic Veterinarian	1
Aquatics Specialist	1
Bird & Mammal Curator	1
Certified Veterinary Technician — Compassionate Animal Care	1
Child Life Specialist	1
Curator of Birds & Mammals	1
Dog Handler (U.S. Army)	1
Experienced Veterinary Assistant	1
Fish Department Specialist / Inventory Associate	1
Koi Health Veterinarian & Aquatic Specialist	1
Marine Wildlife Stranding Coordinator	1

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.