guide dog instructor
Guide dog instructors train dogs to be responsible in guiding blind people to travel effectively. They plan the training sessions, match guide dogs with their clients and ensure overall routine care of the training dogs. Guide dog instructors also provide advice to the blind people in the use of techniques that facilitate dogs' travel skills and mobility.
Also called: guide dog mobility instructor, guide dog trainer, hearing dog instructor, assistance dog instructor, GDMI, guide dog for the blind instructor, seeing-eye dog trainer
- 16
- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- animal behaviourist7 skills in common
- dog trainer6 skills in common
- animal trainer5 skills in common
- kennel supervisor5 skills in common
- alternative animal therapist4 skills in common
- animal care attendant4 skills in common
- animal handler4 skills in common
- animal shelter worker4 skills in common
Essential skills
16- advise customers on appropriate pet care
- animal welfare legislation
- assess the compatibility of individuals and animals to work together
- assist social service users with physical disabilities
- communicate with customers
- control animal movement
- create animal records
- deal with challenging people
- dog behaviour
- evaluate dogs
- guide dog training methods
- implement exercise activities for animals
- protect health and safety when handling animals
- provide animal training
- train animals and individuals to work together
- visual disability
Optional skills
20- administer appointments
- advise on animal purchase
- anatomy of animals
- animal welfare
- assist in transportation of animals
- assistive instruments
- design training programmes for animals
- instruct on animal care
- interview people
- maintain animal accommodation hygienic
- maintain professional administration
- manage a small-to-medium business
- physiology of animals
- provide an enriching environment for animals
- provide first aid to animals
- provide nutrition to animals
- stay alert
- support individuals to adjust to physical disability
- tolerate stress
- work with veterinarians
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