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01.09Animal Sciences

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Veterinary Technician SOC 29-2056

⚠⚠⚠ Two jobs share this field in Florida, and most of the state's certificates lead to the lower-paid one. Veterinary technicians need an associate degree from an AVMA-accredited programme (Florida median $46,380); veterinary assistants train on the job or in a short clock-hour certificate ($37,830). ⚠⚠ Florida does not license veterinary technicians, and bills to change that died in 2025 and 2026, so the accredited programme and the voluntary CVT are the credentials that count.

⚠ Animal Sciences — the university animal science degree (UF 155 a year, Santa Fe 23) covers livestock and companion-animal biology, and is a route into research-animal and large-animal work, though not into the technician credential itself.

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Agricultural Technicians SOC 19-4012
Animal Scientists SOC 19-1011
Farm and Home Management Educators SOC 25-9021
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers SOC 45-1011

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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers — Farmer, Rancher and Agricultural Manager