official veterinarian (EN)
ISCO 2250 · v1.2.1
Official veterinarians are professionals with a comprehensive scientific education. They have the authority to carry out, in an independent, ethical and personally responsible capacity all veterinary activities with particular focus on the health and welfare of animals and public health in accordance with national and international legislation. They are responsible for national animal disease eradication programmes, the protection of public health and food or animal inspection, animal movements, and import and export of live animals and their products.
Classification skills are not a measurement of your proficiency or future displaced hours.
Source aliases (EN)
- state vet
- government vet
- official vet
- veterinary inspector
- public health veterinarian
- government veterinary officer
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 35
- biosecurity related to animals
- certify the performance of veterinary procedures
- perform laboratory testing on samples of animals
- maintain veterinary clinical records
- manage animal biosecurity
- follow environmentally sustainable work practices in the veterinary sector
- conduct ante-mortem veterinary health inspection
- signs of animal illness
- evaluate information in the field of veterinary nursing
- advise on livestock disease control
- animal welfare legislation
- animal production science
- perform inspections of food-processing plants
- animal welfare
- assess animal's condition
- physiology of animals
- make decisions regarding the animal's welfare
- perform inspection analysis
- issue certificates for animal products
- fundamental veterinary sciences
- regulate animal health standards
- apply animal hygiene practices
- comply with veterinary inspection standards
- apply veterinary epidemiology
- safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- develop media strategy
- handle veterinary emergencies
- perform veterinary diagnosis
- monitor the welfare of animals
- veterinary clinical sciences
- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- advise on animal welfare
- deal with challenging people
- develop zoonotic disease control policies
Optional (EN) · 17
- take advantage of learning opportunities in veterinary science
- understand the animal's situation
- collaborate with animal related professionals
- cope with challenging circumstances in the veterinary sector
- provide mentorship
- calculate rates per hours
- use different communication channels
- apply numeracy skills
- environmental enrichment for animals
- maintain relationships with animal welfare establishments
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- interview animal owners on animals' conditions
- develop an animal handling strategy
- manage infection control in the facility
- provide animal training
- implement veterinary clinical governance
- maintain administrative records in the veterinary office
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