Career Outlook
Your New Career
With people taking in household pets more now than ever before, the demand for skilled Veterinary Assistants is on the rise. Work for a veterinary office or clinic. Penn Foster Career School training can give you the skills you need to start the exciting career you've always wanted.
The U.S. Department of Labor expects the demand for Veterinary Assistants to increase nearly 23% through 2018.* That means jobs will open up for workers with the right skills. With hard work and dedication, one of these great jobs can be yours.
In as little as one year, you could have the skills you need to enter this exciting and rewarding career field.
Your New Skills
Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as one year by studying just an hour a day for your new career. You'll learn the important skills you need to be a Veterinary Assistant:
- You'll learn how to handle and restrain animals, large and small.
- You will learn the basics of first aid, routine and emergency care, as well as veterinary nursing procedures.
- This program will teach you the fundamentals of cat, dog, and horse breeding, assisting in birth, and how to raise animal young.
* Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2018. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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