Could you become a Domestic Animal Attendant?
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What this job is
A domestic animal attendant provides daily care and handling of domestic animals in shelter, rescue, breeding, or boarding facilities in Australia. They perform routine husbandry tasks including feeding, cleaning enclosures, and basic health monitoring, while adhering to animal welfare standards and relevant state-based animal care legislation. This role involves direct animal handling and record-keeping to ensure animal wellbeing and facility operations.
Pay
A$1,276 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Customer Needs Assessmentcore
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligencecore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Multitaskingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Record Managementcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Advise on animal purchase
- Calculate rates per hours
- Complaint Handling
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Data Entry and Accuracy
- Professional Boundaries Maintenance
- Regulatory and Legislative Awareness
- Risk Identification
- Workload Self-Management
- Written Communication