veterinary nurse

Veterinary nurses support animals undergoing veterinary treatment and give advice to veterinary clients in the promotion of animal health and disease prevention in accordance with national legislation.

The most in-demand skills for this role include first aid for animals, biosecurity related to animals, signs of animal illness, animal recovery procedures, hospitalised animal nursing care, animal welfare legislation. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives veterinary nurse a score of 0.43 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.