I am doing work experience at a zoo, what should I wear?
I volunteered at a zoo when I was 16 so what you'll need is old pair of jeans(they will get dirty), an old shirt(again this will get dirty) and gumboots/rain boots(you will be working hands on and will be cleaning up the animal waste which sometimes you'll end up standing in it). Also no dangly earrings cause the animals can rip them out and if you have piercings take them out cause animals can rip them out as well.
What do you do for work experience in a small zoo?
Do you mean how do you get experience? Common ways into zoos are interning, volunteering, or getting a seasonal job, interning can lead to a seasonal job. It’s very difficult to get even a part time job with no experience and impossible to get a full time one. There are also a couple of schools for zoo keepers.InternshipsTwo-Year Programs - AAZK
I want to work with animals (like at a zoo) but have no experience, where can I go?
Recently, my partner and I had a zoo experience, which involved a guided tour of some exhibits, and then an up close encounter with a half dozen “zoo ambassadors,” animals that had, for one reason or another, been hand raised and lived in a special part of the zoo. At the end of that portion of the program, a teenage girl who was their with her mother, asked about zoo jobs. This is that they told her.Apply for volunteer positions. They are frequently available, particularly during the summer.When applying for positions, list all experience that you do have. Take care of the family hamster? Did you train the family dog to do tricks? Maybe you spent a summer with relatives who kept chickens, or you care for a feral cat population. All of these things will count in your favor.Go to school for fields that will help. Biology, zoology, pre-vet, and animal behavior are all good.Start small and be patient.. The man who was our guide had started as a summer volunteer when he was a teen and is now, ten years later, he is a full time employee of the Bronx Zoo.And finally, visit your local zoo and find out if you can have an informational interview with someone there, preferably, someone doing the kind of work that looks interesting to you.Good luck!
What is the difference between a Zookeeper and a "zoo" Veterinary Technician?
I am interested in knowing and understanding the difference between a Zookeeper and a Veterinary Technician that works in a zoo? Can a zookeeper assist a vet tech with anything? I would prefer responses from individuals who have work experience and/or truly know what the difference is as opposed to people just copying and pasting answers from the Internet. Thank you
What is your first job without any qualifications and experience?
I was 16, and got a job at my city’s zoo,in the mid western United States. It was full time for the summer and weekends after school started, until mid-November. It paid me $2.00/hour.I was on a small crew of about 8-10 people who worked the animal shows. We had 2–3 shows each day, at three separate arenas, one for the elephants, one for the sea lions, and one for the chimpanzees. All of the different shows performed 2x a day.We sold tickets, ushered, and swept and cleaned the arenas after the show. The supervisor or another senior crew member did the public address announcing on the elephant show. On days when one of the shows was dark, one or two of us would pressure wash the concrete in that show’s arena, or do other cleaning and simple maintenance as needed.After Labor Day, the shows ended for the season. I started working on the railroad crew that ran the little passenger trains around the zoo. Again, selling tickets, ushering, and being a conductor on the train. The conductor also had to memorize a cheesy speech about the different animal exhibits and attractions. That went until mid-November, when it got too cold and attendance dropped off.I returned to that job the next summer too, and got a huge raise - all the way up to $2.30/hour!!!
How do I get large animal experience for veterinary admission if I can't find it?
True veterinary internships are for veterinarians that have graduated school, they are not for pre-vet students. Veterinary externships are for veterinary students that are looking for more experience or applying to the program’s internship program prior to graduation. Pre-vet students usually shadow; there are unfortunately few externship experiences available.The main problems with large animal experience is that there are fewer practicing veterinarians out there (compared with companion animals), they are generally farther away and thus require more travel to get that experience, and there is increased liability, as large animals can do more damage when things go wrong. If you have no previous experience with horses or cows, you can understand why these veterinarians would be hesitant to take you on. I’ve worked with students that did not have any experience, and you really need to either have them stand far back (since they can’t “read” the animals and don’t know where to stand or how to act when things start to go south) or you have to place all your attention on them to keep them safe.That being said, I would ask the vets at small animal clinics if they know of any equine or mixed practitioners you could ride with. If you know someone with a horse, ask who they use and contact them. You may have to do some serious Googling to find one. Be prepared to travel. When I got bovine experience prior to applying to vet school, I drove 45–1 hr away each day for the opportunity. Be very honest about your experience level when you speak to these people. A lot are willing to have you, but then need to know how to keep you safe.