Also called: Assistance Dog Trainer, Guide Dog Instructor
Trains dogs to help people with disabilities: guiding people who are blind, alerting to seizures or supporting veterans with PTSD.
She teaches a dog to pick up dropped keys and open doors, then spends two weeks training a new owner and the dog together.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 2 years after high school. Apprenticeships at service-dog organizations (often 2-3 years).
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Animal Science, Psychology.
Growing faster than average.
Low risk for 10 years. Training dogs to guide or alert for people with disabilities takes years of skilled hands-on work.
Classes: Psychology, Animal science (FFA/Ag CTE), Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-2011.
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