Veterinary Technologists and Technicians

• Maintain controlled drug inventory and related log books.
• Fill prescriptions, measuring medications and labeling containers.

• Clean kennels, animal holding areas, surgery suites, examination rooms, or animal loading or unloading facilities to control the spread of disease.
• Clean and sterilize instruments, equipment, or materials.
• Prepare animals for surgery, performing such tasks as shaving surgical areas.
• Collect, prepare, and label samples for laboratory testing, culture, or microscopic examination.
• Restrain animals during exams or procedures.
• Take animals into treatment areas and assist with physical examinations by performing such duties as obtaining temperature, pulse, or respiration data.
• Discuss medical health of pets with clients, such as post-operative status.
• Provide veterinarians with the correct equipment or instruments, as needed.
• Observe the behavior and condition of animals and monitor their clinical symptoms.
• Prepare treatment rooms for surgery.
• Administer anesthesia to animals, under the direction of a veterinarian, and monitor animals' responses to anesthetics so that dosages can be adjusted.
• Prepare and administer medications, vaccines, serums, or treatments, as prescribed by veterinarians.
• Take and develop diagnostic radiographs, using x-ray equipment.
• Perform dental work, such as cleaning, polishing, or extracting teeth.
• Administer emergency first aid, such as performing emergency resuscitation or other life saving procedures.
• Care for and monitor the condition of animals recovering from surgery.
• Give enemas and perform catheterizations, ear flushes, intravenous feedings, or gavages.
• Perform laboratory tests on blood, urine, or feces, such as urinalyses or blood counts, to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of animal health problems.

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (90%).