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What You'll Do: The job entails: feeding and bathing animals, supervising animals post-surgery, cleaning and maintaining medical utensils and examination rooms, checking and measuring animal vitals, administering drugs and immunization shots, collecting bodily fluids and other samples for lab testing, giving first-aid care for injured animals, keeping medical records for animals, answering the phone, scheduling appointments, and more. As a veterinary assistant, you are expected to help veterinarians out with anything else that they might need assistance with.

Vet assistants typically work in a healthcare center designed especially for animals, but you could also be employed by a research university or federal body. Just like the majority of healthcare workers, you probably work an irregular schedule that may require you to sacrifice nights, weekends, and holidays. Another commonality with hospital jobs is the high level of emotional stress, physical stress, and danger associated with the work. Injured and scared animals can attack when they feel threatened causing bodily harm, infection, or even death in rare cases.

Education and Training: Most employers only require veterinary assistants to have a high school diploma or GED. This is because most of the skills required for the job are learned on the job. Some vocational schools and community colleges may offer specialized programs for vet assistants, but attending this formal schooling is usually not mandatory. Applicants who have a four-year college degree and lots of coursework in the natural sciences will surely have an advantage when it comes to getting hired.

For those who prefer to work with researchers, certification is highly recommended. The AALAS offers several different certifications at the assistant lab tech, lab tech, and technologist levels. While most employers will not require certification, being certified shows that you have experience and are competent in your field.

The Future: The Veterinary Assisting profession is expected to grow at about 14% through 2020.

The Pay: Annual salaries for Veterinary Assistants in the U.S. range from $16,400 to $33,700, with the average median annual wage hitting $22,800 in 2011 as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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