For the next two weeks, I'm going to be working as a veterinary assistant at a small and large animal practice for my work experience!
For those of you who may not know what WE is, it's a chance for pupils in my year at school to take time off to experience working in a business or other field of employment, usually along the lines of whatever they wish to become when they leave school. Of course, I have wanted to be a vet ever since I was about 3. It was difficult to find a practice willing to take on a fifteen year old, as the health and safety paperwork that comes with me is astronomical, but thankfully I've found a really great practice and I'm sure I'm going to love it.
I've already been for an interview and met my supervisor. I'll be doing lots of really interesting things, such as regarding operations and of course making sure all the animals are comfortable, as well as maybe helping vets in the clinics and watching them diagnose each pets' ailments. Of course I'll have to do stuff like cleaning as well, but it's all part of the experience, and I'm already used to that from the RSPCA shelter!
I'll be updating this thread with info and maybe some pics (since they've kindly allowed me to take my camera) as the fortnight progresses. I'm going to be very busy, vets work Monday to Friday, shelter work Saturday, and Sunday, well, other than horse riding, I guess it's Tia's, Nightshade's, Ebony's and Twilight's day.
So, watch this space!
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