Animal Training - 101

Career Day Presentation

April 13th, 2006

Mr. Hartland

Is the job all fun & games?

Not quite!

Getting ready to be a trainer:• Study Biology or

Psychology in college.• Get experience working

with animals.• Get in shape - swimming

& physical testing.• Practice public speaking.• Be persistent - continue

learning and don’t give up!

Marine Animal Trainer Test• Swim to the bottom of

the 28 foot tank.• Swim 90 feet from one

end of the pool to the other in one breath.

• Carry two 30 pound buckets of water.

• Do 30 pushups & sit-ups.• Read a script to practice

public speaking.• Dive off the stage tower.

Daily duties:

• Preparing food for each animal for the day.

• Cleaning the animal’s home.

• Planning “sessions” for each animal.

• Teaching new behaviors to the animal.

Different types of “Sessions”• P-lay• L-earning• E-xercise• S-how• H-usbandry• R-elationship

• Which do you think is the most important?

Play

Learning

Exercise

Show

Husbandry

Relationship

The good & bad parts of being a trainer

• GOOD PARTS:• Having fun!• Getting to work with

animals• Teaching others about

animals & helping the environment

• Making the animals happy and entertaining guests

• BAD PARTS:• Cleaning poop• Cold water• Physically demanding

job duties & long hours• What if an animal gets

sick?• Not the best pay $

Thank You For Watching!

GOODBYE!

Do you want to meet another guest?

• Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

• In the wild - these birds live about 30 years.

• In captivity - they can live from 80 to 100 years!

What’s can be bad about something so cute?