Kennel Hand

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.

• bathing cutting combing blow-drying and styling pets' coats clipping their nails and cleaning their ears
• inspecting preparing cleaning disinfecting and maintaining comfortable animal cages and enclosures
• transporting food filling water troughs and feeding animals according to their individual needs
• maintaining animal health records treating minor injuries and reporting serious conditions to Veterinarians
• exercising and playing with animals answering visitor questions and transferring animals between enclosures by leading or carrying them
• dusting and spraying insecticides on animals and immersing them in insecticide baths to control insect pests

If you enjoy dealing with people and are a good communicator then a job in the racing industry could be of interest to you. Your main responsibilities could entail taking bets and debiting credit accounts, issuing tickets and preparing summaries of transactions, monitoring amounts of money placed on race entrants and answering betting inquiries over the telephone, via email and in person.You’ll need to have a keen knowledge of the racing industry to provide advice to your customers, and be a great communicator. Most of the job will be talking to customers and ensuring their bets are captured correctly and answering a lot of questions.

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