What the posting asks for

• 1 to 2 years' experience
• College/CEGEP
• English

From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.

Hours and terms

• 35 hours a week
• Shifts: days, evenings, nights, weekends, overtime
• Full time, Permanent employment
• In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Completion of a two- or three-year animal health/veterinary technology college program is required.
• Successful completion of a national registration examination may be required in some employment settings.
• Registration with provincial animal health technologists' or veterinary technicians' associations is available, and is mandatory in some provinces.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (NOC 32104). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Provide nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for animals
• Handle, restrain and care for animals undergoing treatment and surgery
• Produce radiographs, collect and analyse samples and perform other laboratory tests to assist in diagnosis of animal health problems
• Assist veterinarian with animals before, during and following surgery by preparing surgical equipment, administering and monitoring anaesthetics and cleaning up after surgery
• Prepare and administer medications and vaccines under direction of a veterinarian
• Administer treatments as prescribed by a veterinarian

About the employer

• Industry: Health care and social assistance
• Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region