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Overview
Official veterinarians use veterinary science in public health, animal welfare and animal health work, with responsibility for inspections, disease-control programmes, food and animal checks, animal movements and trade in live animals or animal products.
In job descriptions, look for veterinary inspection, animal disease control, food safety, welfare checks, import and export controls, animal transport, public-health protection and independent case decisions.
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Search jobsWork context
Official veterinarian work combines clinical veterinary knowledge with inspection and public-health duties. The setting can involve farms, food premises, animal transport, border checks, disease-control programmes and written decisions that affect animal welfare or trade.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include animal health assessment, welfare inspection, disease-control reasoning, food and animal inspection, sampling discipline, clear records and the ability to explain decisions to keepers, businesses and public bodies.
Salary context
Salary context depends on inspection authority, species focus, public-health responsibility, travel, emergency duties, decision scope, management of disease programmes and whether the role includes supervision of other veterinary staff.
Career paths
Paths can move from veterinary practice or inspection posts into animal disease programmes, food-safety inspection, welfare enforcement, import and export controls, public-health coordination or leadership of veterinary inspection teams.
Good to know
Check adverts for the inspection environment, species covered, decision authority, reporting systems, travel, sampling duties, contact with businesses and whether the work focuses on disease control, food safety or animal welfare.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for official veterinarian work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Veterinary activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include specialised veterinarian, general veterinarian and animal therapist.
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About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Veterinarians
29-1131.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Animal Scientists
19-1011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
75.0Veterinary activities71.2Technical testing and analysis
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Veterinarians (2250)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4ce42c3c-8a46-40b6-9274-1f5cee3c5cba |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2250.7 |
| ISCO group | 2250 |
| Concept type | Occupation |