What skills should a Animal Breeder put on a resume?

O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Animal Breeder list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Cloud software, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Animal Breeder work?

O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation, including Animal Technician, Artificial Insemination Technician, AI Technician, and Breeder. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Animal Breeder need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 86% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Animal Breeder role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Animal Breeder resume example

A resume for a Animal Breeder needs to show the work itself: select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. Day to day that means work like this: feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches; observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Animal Technician
Artificial Insemination Technician
AI Technician
Breeder
Dog Breeder
Artificial Inseminator
Large Herd Specialist
Animal Husbandman
Animal Husbandry Technician
Aviculturist
Bee Breeder
Canary Breeder
Cat Breeder
Chicken Fancier
Dairy Husbandman
Dairy Husbandry Worker
Equine Breeder
Fur Farmer

O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.
Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.
Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.
Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.
Bathe and groom animals.

21 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Creative Cloud software
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Breedtrak
Email software
KinTraks
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft SharePoint

22 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Agar plates
Animal blood analyzers
Animal blood collection syringes
Animal pregnancy testing kits
Animal vaccination syringes
Artificial insemination syringes
Artificial vaginas
Automated feed batch mixers
Automatic watering devices
Birth alarms
Branding equipment
Compact digital cameras

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Critical Thinking
02Active Learning
03Active Listening
04Complex Problem Solving
05Judgment and Decision Making
06Monitoring
07Science
08Speaking

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Customer and Personal Service
Sales and Marketing
Administration and Management
Biology
Mathematics
Administrative

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

86%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
6%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
4%Some College Courses

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Animal Breeder do?: Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. Day to day that includes work like feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches and Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
What skills should a Animal Breeder put on a resume?: O*NET rates Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Animal Breeder list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Cloud software, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Animal Breeder work?: O*NET records 29 titles for this occupation, including Animal Technician, Artificial Insemination Technician, AI Technician, and Breeder. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Animal Breeder need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 86% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Animal Breeder role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

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This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
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