Also called: Animal Rescue Team Member
Rescues and shelters animals during hurricanes, floods, and wildfires.
Deploys with a national response team after a hurricane, wades through floodwater to rescue dogs from rooftops, sets up a temporary shelter in a fairground, and reunites pets with families.
Estimate; many responders are part-time or deploy from other jobs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. Animal handling experience plus technical rescue and emergency management training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Emergency Management, Animal Science.
Growing about average. Growing with climate disasters.
Low risk for 10 years. Drones help find stranded animals, but rescuing and sheltering them in floods and fires stays physical work.
Classes: Biology, Physical education, Earth science, Health science CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 33-9099.
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