Mrs. Bramley’s Mrs. Bramley’s ClassClass

Career FairCareer FairHonorable Honorable MentionMention

Veterinarian Veterinarian By: Jessica Bueno By: Jessica Bueno

Treeline Elementary and Treeline Elementary and

Career Fair 2009Career Fair 2009

Skills, abilities, interests, Skills, abilities, interests, and talent required for the and talent required for the

job job

• To get this job you need to be interested in animals.

• One skill you needed is to be patent and need to love animals.

Education and training Education and training needed for job.needed for job.

• If you want to be a veterinarian you have to go to collage and you have to get a bachelor’s degree.

• When you get your bachelor’s degree it will usually take you four years to get it.

Recommended classes Recommended classes to take in high school to to take in high school to prepare for this careerprepare for this career

• The classes you need to take are biology, chemistry, physics, nutrition, and animal science.

• They also take math and English classes • Many people also get experience by working

at animal hospitals or shelters. • The next step is to go to veterinary college

for 4 more years. Getting into vet college is competitive. Students who get in usually have very good grades. After college, vets take a test and get a license.

What do you do at work What do you do at work all day?all day?

• Their are lots of levels of things to do working as a veterinarian.

• If I wanted to work as a vet I would work in a pet hospital.

• If I want to work with horses, pigs, and cows I would work as an farm vet.

• If I want to work in the water with dolphins, whales, and fish I would be a water veterinarian.

SalarySalary • The middle half of all vets

earned between $56,450 and $94,880 in 2006.

• The lowest-paid 10 percent earned less than $43,530 a year.

• The highest-paid 10 percent earned more than $133,150.