Kennel attendant vs certified medical technician

The differences between kennel attendants and certified medical technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-3 months to become a kennel attendant, becoming a certified medical technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a certified medical technician has an average salary of $38,859, which is higher than the $26,373 average annual salary of a kennel attendant.

The top three skills for a kennel attendant include PET, animal handling and facility laundry. The most important skills for a certified medical technician are patients, vital signs, and CPR.

Kennel attendant vs certified medical technician overview

	Kennel Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Yearly salary	$26,373	$38,859
Hourly rate	$12.68	$18.68
Growth rate	28%	5%
Number of jobs	72,239	164,424
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Average age	32	44
Years of experience	3	12

What does a kennel attendant do?

A kennel attendant is responsible for the daily care of boarded dogs and kennel maintenance. Some of the duties that you will perform will include cleaning cages, scheduling boarding appointments, and monitoring the behavior of these dogs. In addition, it is your responsibility to clean spilled food and animal waste and to dispose of trash on time. Other duties include walking animals if required, ensuring that the animals are always comfortable, and evacuating them when an emergency arises.

What does a certified medical technician do?

Certified Medical Technicians are specialists in medical diagnoses by performing laboratory testing and analysis for hospitals and physicians. Their duties include lab sanitization to prepare for testing and collection, recording medical samples for testing, specimen preparation, blood drawing for donation and testing, and assisting physicians with sample collection as well as equipment handling in surgical rooms. They must also understand how to use complex and sensitive testing equipment such as cell counters, analyzers, microscopes, and centrifuges.

Kennel attendant vs certified medical technician salary

Kennel attendants and certified medical technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Kennel Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Average salary	$26,373	$38,859
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $34,000	Between $28,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	-	Denton, TX
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between kennel attendant and certified medical technician education

There are a few differences between a kennel attendant and a certified medical technician in terms of educational background:

	Kennel Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Most common major	Medical Assisting Services	Nursing
Most common college	Vermont Technical College	University of Connecticut

Kennel attendant vs certified medical technician demographics

Here are the differences between kennel attendants' and certified medical technicians' demographics:

	Kennel Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Average age	32	44
Gender ratio	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%	Male, 20.4% Female, 79.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 15.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 10.0% White, 53.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	11%	8%

Differences between kennel attendant and certified medical technician duties and responsibilities

Kennel attendant example responsibilities.

Assist in managing shelter for animals and arranging for adoption or euthanasia of confiscate animals.
Train to give dogs baths, brushing out coats, scissoring, and toenails.
Perform animal grooming duties such as washing, brushing, clipping, and trimming coats, etc.
Experience in the use of specialize equipment such as cage washers, autoclaves and animal transport vehicles.
Assist owner in preforming body clips and bathing/drying dogs and cats, preform all grooming tasks including clipper skills except scissoring.
Operate cage/bottle washers, autoclaves and bedding dispensing/disposal equipment.

Certified medical technician example responsibilities.

Maintain the cleanliness of storage areas, trays, centrifuges, refrigerators, freezers and work area.
Administer medications to patients according to their medication record as scheduled, as needed according to physician orders.
Perform laboratory test and procedures in areas including chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, serology, and bacteriology.
Perform first aid and apply CPR when necessary.
Perform first aid or CPR during medical emergencies until paramedics arrive.
Assist the residents in their ADL needs and prepare their meals.

Kennel attendant vs certified medical technician skills

Common kennel attendant skills

PET, 39%
Animal Handling, 10%
Facility Laundry, 8%
Animal Hospital, 5%
Animal Restraint, 4%
Administer Medications, 4%

Common certified medical technician skills

Patients, 17%
Vital Signs, 12%
CPR, 8%
Administer Medications, 7%
Resident Care, 6%
HIPAA, 6%

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