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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name: veterinary-technician
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'veterinary technician' (also: veterinary assistant, veterinary auxiliary, veterinary practice technician, vet technician, vet's technician, vet practice technician). Use when the user asks for typical veterinary technician work such as: Maintain controlled drug inventory and related log books.; Supervise or train veterinary students or other staff members.; Monitor medical supplies and place orders when inventory is low."
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# Veterinary Technician
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Veterinary technicians provide the technical and administrative support to the veterinarian in accordance with national legislation.
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## Core workflow
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1. Maintain controlled drug inventory and related log books.
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2. Supervise or train veterinary students or other staff members.
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3. Monitor medical supplies and place orders when inventory is low.
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4. Restrain animals during exams or procedures.
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5. Discuss medical health of pets with clients, such as post-operative status.
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6. Schedule appointments and procedures for animals.
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7. Administer anesthesia to animals, under the direction of a veterinarian, and monitor animals' responses to anesthetics so that dosages can be adjusted.
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8. Care for and monitor the condition of animals recovering from surgery.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- anatomy of animals
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- animal behaviour
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- animal welfare
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- animal welfare legislation
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- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
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- assist in administering veterinary anaesthetics
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- assist in general veterinary medical procedures
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- assist in the administration of fluids to animals
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- assist the veterinary surgeon as a scrub nurse
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- biosecurity related to animals
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- control animal movement
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- deal with challenging people
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- environmental enrichment for animals
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- handle veterinary emergencies
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- maintain work environments in a veterinary practice
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## Hot technologies
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- Microsoft Access
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Word
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/99ebf2c2-1811-4c77-b2e6-7008cba29ea0), O*NET 30.3 (29-2056.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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