I am thinking about becoming a veterinary technologists. What are some things I should consider?

Question

What is the average salary? I live in Alabama.
How important is it that the college is accredited? I found a brochure for an online course through a junior college. But they are still working on getting vet. tech program accredited.

Answer 1

Where I live, the school to attend to become a vet tech is not accredited. Average salary around here is $10-14 per hour. Of coarse, this also depends on geographic location, specific job duties, job location (not always in a vet clinic, could be a zoo, humane society, lab, etc). Lowest reported wage in 2002 was like $8.50, highest was like $17.00, this is in the US as a whole. This is a job that pays OK, but you aren't going to get rich or be rich. The rewards are plentiful, but the heartache can be extreme. In fact, many vets, vet techs and staff get into depressions because of the sad cases and euthanasia's that take place. There's a lot to consider. There is a huge increase in this field, making job availability harder to find. Research your area, even talk with local vets, vet techs. Be careful of the schools that say the will help you find a job, as I said, jobs in this field are harder to find and many wait...and wait...and wait. Good luck with your decision.

Answer 2

First of all I wouldn't go through that juco if they are not accredited. You won't be able to sit for your boards if they aren't, and then what would be the purpose for doing all that school work. I don't know if your state is a registry state or not, but that would be the first thing that I would check into. Call the admissions office of the junior college to find out. Also, some of the things that you can consider is whether or not you want to be on call, or whether you can handle blood and guts. Any medical field is going to have gore at some moments in time. To find the salary in your state, I would try to find some type of organization that registers vet techs (like something named the American Vet Tech Association--something with that type of name) and find out what the standard salary is for your area.

Answer 3

The best thing to do is to make up a quick questionnaire and take it around to the vet techs in your area, and interview them. Phone first, say that you're considering vet tech as a career, and you would like to schedule about fifteen minutes to speak with one. When you show up at the appointed time, get the person's name, job title, and the location where they work written down, then find out what they have to say about acquiring training, where they went to school and so on. Best to find out what schools the people went to who are actually working. You might be able to get a few to tell you about salary if the question is worked in tactfully. Something like, "I haven't been able to find much reliable information online about salaries, can you tell me a bit about that?" Do this for a few clinics and you will be surprised at how much information you get. Also ask what the best thing about their job is, and what the most challenging things is, just in case there is something about the job that wouldn't work for you. From what I understand, it can be a physically and emotionally demanding profession.

Answer 4

i am a vet nurse in the uk the pay is not great 16 thousand a year iget its poor compared to a vet who gets 35 thousand and we do more work i trained at bristol university i think where you train gets you a better job you need to go to a college where you get practical experiance as well good luck

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