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What does it take to be an aquatic animal trainer?
Professional name: aquatic mammal trainer

Occupation definition: personnel engaged in breeding, training, performance and management of aquatic mammals. The main work includes: (1) breeding and domestication of aquatic mammals under artificial feeding conditions, maintaining the living environment of animals and ensuring their safe and healthy survival; (2) Using the principle of animal behavior, through the guidance and adjustment of trainers, the actions and behaviors of aquatic mammals are purposefully trained and reformed, so that their actions and behaviors have performance value and ornamental value; (3) Through the cooperation of trainers and aquatic animals, the training and performance tasks are completed.

Occupation grade (National Vocational Qualification Examination): This occupation is divided into five grades.

Primary (National Vocational Qualification Level 4)

Intermediate (national vocational qualification level 3)

Advanced (National Vocational Qualification Level II)

Advanced (national vocational qualification grade)

Senior technician (national vocational qualification level 1)

Taking dolphins as an example, the conditions for becoming a dolphin trainer are:

First, you must have good water quality or a diver certificate of more than one star. Basic knowledge of English.

Second, be kind and patient with animals, be careful in doing things, and have an understanding of animal obedience training.

Third, after training, we should know something about animal biology. Behavior. Have a deep understanding of training.

Fourth, deeply understand the training potential and training prospects of animals.

Fifth, we should know how to encourage and train animals' cognitive ability.

Sixth animal reward principle:

1. For an animal trainer, this is not just a reward, but an animal should know what it is doing.

2. Giving food rewards to animals is only a temporary method, and the ultimate goal is to make animals understand that what they want to do must be done.

Establishment and strengthening of the seventh animal conditioned reflex.

Eighth, prepare an action plan for dolphin training in advance.

Ninth, teaching should be flexible and learn body language. Will judge all possible reactions to animal behavior.

Tenth, animal trainers are required to treat animals sincerely all the time.

"National Vocational Qualification Training Course-Aquatic Mammal Trainer (Basic Knowledge)" is suitable for the training of aquatic mammal trainers at all levels, and it is a recommended counseling book with solid professional skills.

What school do you go to? What test? Go to the aquarium and try to get them to accept you.