Farm equipment technician vs veterinary technician

Differences between farm equipment technician and veterinary technician duties and responsibilities

Farm equipment technician example responsibilities.

• Lead farm tours and help organize CSA member events.
• Receive nursery pigs, sort and group pigs, treat small and sick pigs.
• Do field visitation, piglet's castration and vaccination, artificial insemination and other relate activities.
• Isolate and medicate sick and injure pigs.
• Complete welding operations, including MIG, arc, and acetylene welding.
• Plant, fertilize, water, and harvest fruit and vegetable crops by hand.
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Veterinary technician example responsibilities.

• Manage tech appointments, suture removal, bandage removal and placement, CPR and emergency care when need.
• Manage operational and administrative functions such as training/supervising new employees, issuing prescriptions, and documenting pet insurance applications and transactions.
• Advance medical procedures such as intravenous catheter placement, anesthetic monitoring, and nasal catheter placement.
• Provide specialize nursing care, administer treatments to hospitalize patients, catheter placement and provide post operative care.
• Assist in surgical preparation of patients and maintain status during surgical procedures including monitoring and adjusting anesthesia base on patient status.
• Conduct routine health procedures on dogs and non-human primates, including dentistry and TB testing.
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