Your profession: Animal keeper (m/f)
Professional activities
Animal keepers perform various tasks depending on their specialism:
- They care for and look after animals, e. g. injured or stray pets in animal shelters.
- They care for pets in boarding kennels. e. g. if the animal owner is ill on holiday.
- They care for and look after zoo animals.
- Animal keepers set up animal accommodation appropriate to the species in question and keep animal enclosures clean.
- They occupy animals in the zoo and assist in the breeding of young animals.
- They care for ill or injured pets and assist in interventions and treatment.
- They care for and breed animals used for experiments and assist in animal testing.
Fields of work
Animal keepers work, depending on their specialism, for example,
- in animal shelters and boarding kennels
- in zoos and nature parks
- in animal parks and game reserves
- for operators of aquariums or other organisations displaying animals
- in animal clinics and veterinary practices
- in research laboratories or universities
- in companies specialising in the breeding and keeping of experimental animals
The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).