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Overview
The work focuses on therapeutic sessions: assessing rehabilitation needs, preparing hydrotherapy equipment, handling animals safely, monitoring welfare and adapting water resistance to the animal.
In job descriptions, look for veterinary referral, animal rehabilitation, hydrotherapy equipment, animal physiology, welfare checks, biosecurity, illness signs, handling safety and treatment records.
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Animal hydrotherapists work around referred animals, treatment pools or treadmills and careful monitoring. Sessions connect veterinary information with safe handling, water resistance, recovery goals and animal welfare signs.
Skills and specializations
Useful capability includes assessing rehabilitation needs, administering hydrotherapy, preparing therapy equipment, understanding animal physiology, recognising illness signs, managing biosecurity and keeping treatment records.
Salary context
Salary context depends on referral complexity, animal types handled, equipment responsibility, session volume, welfare monitoring, record keeping and whether the role works independently or inside a veterinary team.
Career paths
Entry can come from animal care, veterinary support, rehabilitation assistance or therapy-centre work. Development may move toward senior hydrotherapy, rehabilitation coordination, clinic operations, equipment supervision or animal welfare specialisation.
Good to know
Look for the animals treated, referral process, pool or treadmill equipment, handling requirements, treatment documentation and emergency support. A clear advert explains the link with veterinary diagnosis or referral.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for animal hydrotherapy. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Veterinary activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include animal therapist, animal massage therapist and animal physiotherapist.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Veterinarians
29-1131.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
75.0Veterinary activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
animal therapist (2250.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f4f671d5-208f-4423-a250-c049de8d9adc |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2250.4.1 |
| ISCO group | 2250 |
| Concept type | Occupation |