Also called: Behavioral Management Technician
Designs toys, puzzles, and activities that keep research animals mentally healthy.
Builds foraging puzzles for monkeys, rotates toys for rabbits and dogs, and records behavior to show welfare is improving.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in animal behavior or psychology; AALAS certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Animal Behavior, Psychology.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Cameras can track animal activity, but inventing and testing enrichment with real animals stays creative, hands-on work.
Classes: AP Psychology, Biology, Woodshop or engineering CTE, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 31-9096.
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