Alternative Career
plan assignment
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The purpose of this assignment is to get you thinking of an alternative career plan, if for whatever reason
your current one does not work out. This also will inform you of other career options within the Animal
Science field.
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Even though this presentation will inform you of a lot of options, you are not limited to these options. There
are plenty of other jobs out there that this will not cover.
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Your alternate career plans do not have to be Animal Science related, they can be in whatever field you
would like.
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Assignment directions:
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Write about your alternate career plan; if you do not know what it is, do some research.
Explain what the career is and what you would be doing daily, what credentials you will need to get a job, what
type of courses will help you along with this, how you will achieve getting this job, what kind of companies
hire this career, salary ranges, etc.
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Title of your paper should be your alternative career plan.
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Underneath the title, please put what is your current career plan.
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Ex: Current Career Plan: Title of Career
2 pages, double spaced, 12 point font.
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Ex: Alternate Career Plan: Title of Career
You DO NOT need to put your name on the document as BB will already have it
Due uploaded to BB by Friday, December 4th by 11:59 pm.
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NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
Careers in animal
science
Animal Science 110
Species
Dairy Cattle
Swine
Beef Cattle
Sheep
Chickens
Turkeys
Horses
Exotic Animals
Cats
Dogs
species
Donkeys
Buffalo
Ducks
Goats
Mules
Alpacas
AREAS of animal science
Animal
Nutrition
Production
Management
Food Science
Meat Science
Ethology
Anatomy &
Physiology
Reproduction
Genetics
Careers
• All careers and areas of
animal science can apply to
ALL species of animals!
• Including:
• Companion Animals
• Livestock
• Exotic Animals
• Wildlife
• Laboratory Animals
• Animal Science/Dairy
Science
• 98% placement within 6
months after graduation
• $34,862 avg. salary
• $9,000-80,000, salary range
• All estimates on salary
ranges and averages are
taken from the 2014 CALS
Career Services Annual
Report
Companies that hired
our students
Each company listed as “some companies
that hired our graduates” is not set in stone.
Each company has various jobs, at various
times, within them and are not just confined
necessarily to one species/science, and can be
within multiple areas!
nutrition
• Animal nutritionists are responsible for creating and balancing rations to
ensure that dietary needs are met for the animal under their supervision.
• Animal nutritionists can specialize by working with a specific species or
specific groups of animals (i.e. companion, livestock, or exotics/wildlife.
• Can work in varied environments such as:
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Farms
Corporate research and development facilities
Pharmaceutical companies
Pet or livestock feed companies
Federal government offices
Laboratories
Zoos
Wildlife rehabilitation facilities
Nutrition
• $42,611 avg.
($34,000-$52,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Agri-King
Cargill
Purina Land O’Lakes
Hill’s Pet Nutrition
H&H Feed & Grain
Reproduction/Genetics
• Animal reproduction involves analyzing and selecting the factors
that contribute to successful reproduction.
• Animal geneticists are involved with studying genes and
improving the heritability of desired traits in animal populations.
• Animal geneticists usually work in a laboratory setting as they
conduct their research, though some may travel to animal
production facilities to view and evaluate breeding stock in person.
• Careers:
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Artificial insemination (AI) companies
Artificial insemination (AI) technician
Embryo transfer
Animal breeder
Breeding stock sales representative
Reproduction/genetics
• AI Technician/Breeding
• $36,500 avg.
($34,000-$38,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Genex
ABS Global
Trans Ova Genetics
Individual Farms and Producers
Smith Genetics Ranch
Select Sires
Production
management
• Management of a production system
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Feedlot manager, farrowing manager, herdsmen, family farm (can include crops, etc.)
Livestock species.
• Herdsmen
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$34,500 avg. ($25,000-$42,000)
• Farming Operations
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$34,013 avg. ($25,000-$46,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Christensen Family Farms
JBS Five Rivers Feeders
Legacy Farms
Lone Creek Cattle
Smithfield
The Maschhoffs
Many more!
Companion animal
industry
• $28,702 avg. ($9,000-$36,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Animal Care Clinic
Animal Emergency Center
ASPCA
Elmbrook Humane Society
Healthy Pets of Ohio
Petsmart
Tucker Pup’s Dog Activity Center
Walt Disney World
Canine Companions for Independence
Zookeeper
• $21,547 avg.
($20,800-$22,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Henry Doorly Zoo
Blank Park Zoo
Denver Zoo
Stone Zoo
Walt Disney World
Equine industry
• $22,350 avg. ($14,400-$34,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Equine Medical Services
Friesian Horse Association of North America
Sarver Equine, LLC
SmartPak Equine
American Horse Council
Breed Associations
Individual and Corporation Ranches
Instructors for Riding Lessons
Racetracks
Ferriers
Kentucky Equine Research
Mustang Heritage Foundation
SK Horse
Poultry industry
• $41,055 avg.
($31,000-$55,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Buddy’s Natural Chicken
Cargill
Hartman Aviary
Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch
Perdue
Pilgrim’s
Sanderson Farms
Tyson Foods
Swine industry
• Iowa produces ~25% of the United States Pork Supply!
• $35,905 avg.
($23,000-$49,500)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Murphy-Brown, LLC
New Fashion Pork
Pig Improvement Company
Christensen Family Farms
The Maschhoffs
Wallace Pork Systems
Swine Graphics
Schwartz Farms, Inc.
Smithfield
National Pork Producers Council
Dairy industry
• $44,625 Avg.
($37,000-$54,000)
• Job opportunities:
• Companies within nutrition, reproduction/genetics, AI
technicians, food science, animal health, sales, herdsmen, breed
associations, etc.
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Aurora Organic Dairy
Superior Dairy
Hoard’s Dairyman
GEA Farm Technologies
USDA
Boumatic
Food industry
• Food Science and Meat Science focus areas
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Food Processing
Food Safety, Quality and Regulation
Meat Inspector
Product Development
Research and Development
Meat Applications Scientist
Processed Meats
• Sausages, hot dogs, etc.
• Consumer Evaluation
• Microbiologist
Food industry
• $45,547 avg.
($33,280-$55,000)
• Microbiologist $45,667 avg.
($27,000-$55,000)
• Some companies hiring our graduates:
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Buddy’s Natural Chicken
Cal-Maine Foods
Cargill Meat Solutions
Hormel Foods
Kraft/Oscar Mayer
OK Foods
Perdue
Pilgrim’s
Sanderson Farms
Seaboard Foods
Smithfield
Tyson Foods
USDA-FSIS
Ethology/animal
well-being
• $35,000 avg.
• Animal behaviorists apply the principles of animal behavior science,
while studying how animals relate to each other and to their
environment.
• They may research an animal’s methods of communication, instinctual
responses, learning methods, psychology and group interactions.
• Animal welfare audits can be done on farms to certify that farm to ensure
that producers are adhering to animal welfare standards at the farm level,
through transportation to insensibility, in the processing facility.
• Audits can be done on dairy, swine, eggs, beef and poultry
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Animal Trainer
Health Companies
Zoos and aquariums
Welfare Auditor
Welfare Inspector
Sales
• $42,800 avg.
($30,000-$55,000)
• Can be pharmaceutical sales for ranchers/producers,
companion animal owners, veterinarians, etc.
• Can be sale representatives for seed, feed, grain, livestock, vet
clinic or producer supplies, etc.
• Some companies that hiring our graduates:
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Zoetis
Elanco
DuPont Pioneer Seed
Equine Medical Services
Merial Animal Health
MWI Veterinary Supply Company
Merck Animal Health
Research technicians
• $33,333 avg.
($13,000-$55,000)
• Can work in research within the various species and sciences!
• Some companies that hired our graduates:
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Colleges and Veterinary Schools
Pharmaceutical Companies
Animal Health Companies
USDA-National Animal Disease Center (NADC)
Business & finance
• Accounting
• $45,167 avg.
($24,000-$52,000)
• Finance
• $44,117 avg.
($22,500-$60,000)
• Farming Operations
• $51,500 avg.
($30,000-$60,000)
Communications
• Communications/Public Relations
• $32,281 avg.
($16,500-45,000)
• Marketing
• $40,340 avg.
($16,500-$60,000)
• Policy/Legislative
• $41,250 avg.
($37,500-$45,500)
Academia/extension
Graduate School
• Obtain Masters and/or PhD
in Animal Science
• In graduate school you
will:
• Take classes focusing
in a further field of
study (i.e. nutrition,
reproduction, etc.) and
do research within that
field as well.
• Upon graduation, could
work on further research in
industry or teach at a
community college or
university.
Extension
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Cooperative Extension Systems
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4-H Extension
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Work with 4-H youth on 4-H
projects, fairs, etc.
Extension Specialist
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$30,407 avg. ($18,600-$38,500)
Specialize in a certain species
(i.e. beef cattle, dairy cattle,
sheep, etc.) and help producers
in their production systems
Extension jobs usually require a
Masters of Science degree or a PhD
Further education
• 47 students of 163 gradates went to further education.
• Graduate school, vet school, etc.
Organizations hiring
our graduates
• Further Education: