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Job DescriptionBenefits/Perks • Competitive Hourly Pay plus commission, • Growth Opportunities, • Flexible schedule depending on your needs, • Strong supportive team, • 401k included Job SummaryWe are looking for experienced full-time and part-time nail technicians to join our team! Nail technician responsibilities may include working with Russian manicures/pedicures, Nail art, Builder gel manicures, Hard gel/Apres X extensions. If you are skilled in nail art techniques and committed to providing clients with exceptional service, we want to hear from you! Responsibilities • Build long-term relationships with customers based on trust and respect, • Provide excellent services, • Clear and kind communication with the customers and the team, • Learn new nail techniques, • Be responsible for proper sterilization and disinfection of tools, • Maintain a clean workspace and properly sanitized equipment Qualifications • Previous experience as a nail technician at least 1 year, • Skilled in a range of nail techniques, including extensions, nail art and Russian manicure, • Up-to-date on the latest trends in beauty and nails, • Strict adherence to sanitation and sterilization procedures, • Certification in cosmetology or a state nail technician license is preferred, • Excellent customer service and communication skills

Job Description COSMETOLOGY & BEAUTY ENRICHMENT INSTRUCTOR OPPORTUNITIES Location: In person at partner schools and community locations throughout New York City; varies by assignment Schedule: Typically 1–4 instructional hours per week, primarily after school Program Length: Approximately 8–10 weeks for many assignments Start Date: Rolling opportunities based on school partner schedules Compensation: Starting at $50+ per completed instructional hour, with rates varying based on the assignment, instructor qualifications and experience, location, scheduling needs, and other program-related factors ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY Concorde Education partners with schools and community organizations to provide engaging enrichment programs that introduce students to new skills, interests, and potential career pathways. We are seeking professionals with cosmetology, beauty, hairstyling, makeup, nail technology, barbering, esthetics, fashion, or related experience who are interested in providing instructional services for K–12 enrichment programs. Opportunities may be available with elementary, middle, or high school students depending on the specific school partnership and program. This posting is intended to identify qualified independent professionals who may be considered for future instructional assignments as opportunities become available. Contractors are free to apply for opportunities that interest them and may accept or decline any assignment offered. WHAT AN ASSIGNMENT MAY INCLUDE Depending on the specific program, instructional services may involve: • Facilitating engaging, age-appropriate cosmetology and beauty enrichment sessions;, • Introducing students to cosmetology skills, creative techniques, and beauty-industry career pathways;, • Demonstrating hairstyling, nail art, makeup artistry, beauty design, color theory, or related techniques where appropriate;, • Creating hands-on activities and projects based on student age and experience level;, • Encouraging creativity, confidence, professionalism, and positive self-expression;, • Adapting activities to available materials, classroom resources, program objectives, and site requirements;, • Maintaining safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate instructional practices;, • Communicating significant assignment-related needs or concerns when appropriate; and, • Completing a brief session-completion form following scheduled instructional sessions. POSSIBLE PROGRAM AREAS Programs vary by school and may include areas such as: • Hairstyling fundamentals and creative styling, • Braiding and introductory hair techniques, • Nail care, nail art, and creative nail design, • Makeup artistry and age-appropriate application techniques, • Color theory and beauty design, • Cosmetology careers and beauty-industry exploration, • Hygiene, sanitation, and safe cosmetology practices, • Professionalism, communication, and customer service, • Beauty entrepreneurship and personal branding, • Portfolio projects and creative showcases The specific curriculum, projects, demonstrations, materials, and program objectives vary by assignment. WHO MAY BE A GOOD FIT Relevant professional or instructional backgrounds may include: • Cosmetologists, • Hairstylists and hair professionals, • Barbers, • Makeup artists, • Nail technicians, • Estheticians, • Beauty educators, • Cosmetology students or graduates, • Salon professionals, • Fashion and beauty professionals, • Teaching artists and enrichment instructors, • Other professionals with relevant beauty-industry or instructional experience Preferred qualifications may include relevant professional experience; experience teaching, mentoring, coaching, tutoring, or working with school-age students; strong communication and group-facilitation skills; and the ability to demonstrate techniques using safe and age-appropriate practices. Some assignments or partner sites may require at least 60 college credits or other assignment-specific qualifications. CURRICULUM, MATERIALS, AND INSTRUCTION Depending on the assignment, schools or Concorde Education may make curriculum resources, lesson-plan suggestions, project ideas, classroom materials, mannequin heads, practice supplies, presentation materials, or other instructional resources available. Independent contractors may use their professional judgment and instructional methods to adapt activities within the agreed assignment scope, program objectives, and applicable school or site requirements. Contractors may also use their own appropriate instructional resources or materials when safe, lawful, age-appropriate, and consistent with the assignment. Any purchases for which reimbursement is requested must receive written approval from Concorde Education before the expense is incurred. COMPENSATION AND ASSIGNMENT SELECTION Compensation is established separately for each assignment. Many opportunities begin at $50+ per completed instructional hour with students, with the specific rate depending on factors such as assignment scope, relevant experience, location, schedule, and other program needs. Applicants may propose a desired compensation rate when applying and should consider the overall assignment, including anticipated preparation, planning, commute, materials, schedule, and other business considerations. Concorde Education may accept a proposed rate, provide a counteroffer, or select another applicant based on the needs and budget of the specific assignment. There is no obligation to accept an offered assignment or proposed compensation rate. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, compensation is based on completed instructional service hours with students. Payment for completed services is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which services were completed, unless different terms are stated in the accepted assignment or required by applicable law. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITIES These opportunities are for independent contractor instructional services and are not employee positions. Each assignment is considered separately. Contractors determine which available opportunities they wish to pursue and are free to apply for, accept, decline, or disregard opportunities based on their own availability, interests, business considerations, and desired compensation. The availability, schedule, duration, location, scope, and compensation of assignments vary according to school partner needs. No minimum number of assignments, instructional hours, or future opportunities is guaranteed. APPLICATION AND ONBOARDING Applicants selected for further consideration may be invited to create a contractor profile and complete applicable onboarding or assignment-specific requirements. Applying, interviewing, creating a contractor profile, completing onboarding, or previously providing services through Concorde Education does not guarantee selection for a particular assignment or future opportunities. Before services begin, an assignment may be subject to agreed compensation, required onboarding, applicable background-check procedures, site-specific clearances, fingerprinting, documentation, identification requirements, or other legally required compliance steps. Where applicable, Concorde Education follows required Fair Chance, background-check, pre-adverse action, and related procedures. Applicants should not provide criminal-history information unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process. FAIR CHANCE CONSIDERATION Concorde Education considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable New York State and New York City Fair Chance laws. Criminal-history information should not be submitted with an application or otherwise provided unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Concorde Education considers qualified contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.

Job Description POTENTIAL INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS Program: Cosmetology Instructor Opportunities Location: On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment Teaching Mode: In Person Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and High School; varies by assignment Schedule: Typically 1–4 instructional service hours per week after school Program Length: Commonly approximately 10 weeks per assignment Start Dates: Opportunities become available throughout the school year Compensation: Typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide cosmetology and beauty industry enrichment services for K–12 students. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities. Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, available materials, classroom resources, and program objectives. Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, project ideas, instructional resources, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements. ASSIGNMENT SCOPE Depending on the accepted assignment, contractors may: • Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate cosmetology and beauty enrichment sessions;, • Introduce students to foundational cosmetology concepts, creative beauty techniques, and career exploration through hands-on activities;, • Adapt activities based on student experience levels, site requirements, available materials, and program objectives;, • Support students in exploring hairstyling, makeup artistry, nail art, color theory, beauty design, or other creative projects, where applicable;, • Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment;, • Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate;, • Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session; and, • Follow applicable site safety, visitor, classroom, hygiene, emergency, and student-protection procedures. EXAMPLE PROGRAM TOPICS Assignments may include topics such as: • Introduction to cosmetology careers and the beauty industry;, • Hair styling fundamentals, including braids, ponytails, and simple styling techniques;, • Introductory nail care, nail art, and creative design;, • Makeup artistry fundamentals using age-appropriate techniques;, • Color theory, beauty design, and creative self-expression;, • Hygiene, sanitation, and safe practices used in cosmetology settings;, • Professionalism, customer service, and communication within the beauty industry; and, • Portfolio projects, creative showcases, entrepreneurship, and beauty career exploration. Specific curriculum, demonstrations, project requirements, available materials, and instructional activities vary by assignment. QUALIFICATIONS Preferred qualifications include: • At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;, • Experience in cosmetology, hairstyling, barbering, makeup artistry, nail technology, esthetics, beauty education, or related creative disciplines;, • Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students;, • Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills;, • Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable; and, • Ability to demonstrate techniques while maintaining safe, age-appropriate instructional practices. Preferred backgrounds may include licensed cosmetologists, hairstylists, barbers, makeup artists, nail technicians, estheticians, beauty educators, cosmetology students, salon professionals, fashion professionals, and others with relevant instructional or industry experience. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES Assignments may utilize school-provided classroom materials, mirrors, mannequin heads, practice supplies, curriculum resources, lesson plans, project guides, presentation materials, and other instructional resources, where available. Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when appropriate, safe, age-appropriate, lawful, and consistent with the assignment scope and site requirements. Purchases requiring reimbursement must be approved in writing by Concorde before they are incurred. COMPENSATION Compensation varies by assignment and agreed contractor terms. Many opportunities pay $50+ per completed instructional service hour with students. Contractors may propose their desired compensation rate when applying. When proposing a rate, contractors should consider the overall assignment scope, including anticipated preparation, planning, commute, materials, schedule, and other business considerations. Concorde may accept the proposed rate, decline the application, or provide a counteroffer based on the budget for the specific assignment. Unless otherwise approved in writing, compensation is based on completed instructional service hours with students. Payment for completed services is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which services were completed, unless otherwise stated in the accepted assignment terms or required by applicable law. APPLICATION AND ONBOARDING Applicants selected to move forward may be invited to create a contractor profile and complete any required onboarding steps. Applying, interviewing, receiving an invitation to create a profile, creating a profile, or completing onboarding does not guarantee selection, placement, or future assignment opportunities. Potential assignments are subject to assignment fit, agreed compensation, completion of required onboarding, applicable background-check review, Fair Chance or pre-adverse action procedures where required, site-specific clearance requirements, and final written confirmation from Concorde Education. Some assignments may require background-check authorization, fingerprinting, agency clearance, site-specific documentation, identification badges, or other compliance steps before services may begin. Applicants should not provide criminal-history information unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Concorde Education considers contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.

Job DescriptionBenefits: • 401(k), • 401(k) matching, • Bonus based on performance, • Competitive salary, • Employee discounts, • Flexible schedule, • Opportunity for advancement, • Paid time off, • Training & development Benefits/Perks • Competitive Hourly Pay plus commission, • Growth Opportunities, • Flexible schedule depending on your needs, • Strong supportive team, • 401k included Job Summary We are looking for experienced full-time and part-time nail technicians to join our team! Nail technician responsibilities may include working with Russian manicures/pedicures, Nail art, Builder gel manicures, Hard gel/Apres X extensions. Also looking for technicians who specialize in HIGH quality regular (not gel) and spa manicures/pedicures. If you are skilled in nail art techniques and committed to providing clients with exceptional service, we want to hear from you! Responsibilities • Build long-term relationships with customers based on trust and respect, • Provide excellent services, • Clear and kind communication with the customers and the team, • Learn new nail techniques, • Be responsible for proper sterilization and disinfection of tools, • Maintain a clean workspace and properly sanitized equipment Qualifications • Previous experience as a nail technician at least 1 year, • Skilled in a range of nail techniques, including extensions, nail art and Russian manicure, • Up-to-date on the latest trends in beauty and nails, • Strict adherence to sanitation and sterilization procedures, • Certification in cosmetology or a state nail technician license is preferred, • Excellent customer service and communication skills

Job Description:\n\nVETERINARY TECHNICIAN JOB DESCRIPTION \n \nVeterinary technicians may also be identified as registered veterinary technicians, certified veterinary technicians, animal-health technicians, or veterinary nurses. In many states, veterinary technicians are required to have completed an AVMA-accredited veterinary-technician program prior to passing the state?s requirements for certification or registration.\n \nVeterinary technicians must have a broad knowledge of animal science, medicine, and husbandry, including a basic knowledge of pharmacology and sufficient mathematical skills to ensure the administration of accurate drug and fluid doses. They must be able to successfully restrain animals, complete clinical laboratory tests, use multiple radiology techniques, administer and monitor animals under anesthesia, assist in surgery, and perform dental procedures. Technicians must also deliver compassionate nursing care.\n \nGeneral Knowledge and Tasks \n \nGeneral Knowledge \n \n\n Know the range of services the practice provides and the species it treats.\n Be reasonably familiar with breeds and coat colors.\n Follow OSHA standards. Be able to find Material Safety Data Sheets quickly.\n Know and use standard medical and business abbreviations.\n Use proper medical terminology when speaking and writing.\n Be familiar with infectious diseases, including their prevention and steps to reduce or eliminate transmission. Know the most common zoonotic diseases (infections from animals to humans).\n Competently speak and write the English language.\n Optional: Competently speak a second language commonly used at the practice.\n\n \nGeneral Tasks \n \n\n Always be in position and prepared to work at the start of each scheduled shift.\n Maintain accurate personal time cards.\n Enter the practice through the front door so that you see what clients see. Routinely pick up trash or feces from the sidewalks, or entryway.\n Maintain a professional appearance while at work, including clean and pressed uniforms or clothes. Change clothes during shifts as necessary to look professional and avoid carrying odors.\n Smile and maintain an even, friendly demeanor while on the job.\n Perform job tasks efficiently without rushing.\n Promote a positive attitude among staff.\n Handle stress and pressure with poise and tact.\n Be willing and available to stay late or through breaks, when needed, to assist with emergency or critical-care patients.\n Show respect for clients, team members, and animals (alive or deceased) at all times.\n Have the physical strength and ability to stand for an entire shift when needed, and be able to lift pets and objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance. Assist in lifting patients weighing more than 50 pounds.\n Maintain a list of tasks and engage in productive work during slow periods.\n Schedule technical staff.\n Supervise and direct technical staff.\n Direct on-the-job training of technical staff.\n Assist other employees as needed. Avoid waiting for coworkers to ask for assistance.\n Maintain your personal veterinary technician certificate, license, or registration.\n Assist in hiring new employees by advising candidates of openings, offering them applications, working with them to help evaluate their personalities and skill levels, and providing your opinion to the hiring manager.\n Participate in your performance appraisal, and, as requested, in those of others.\n Participate in all staff and training meetings.\n Keep up with new developments in the field by reading journals and attending continuing education. Attend off-site CE as required by the practice manager or as required to maintain your license.\n Organize and present training seminars for other support staff.\n Maintain constant vigilance regarding open doorways that could allow pets to escape from the facility.\n Maintain strict confidentiality regarding clients and patients for whom the practice provides veterinary services.\n Be prepared to handle any pet or facility emergency that may arise, including dog or cat fights, choking or strangulating animals, and facility fire or weather-related emergencies. Follow contingency plans.\n Follow established facility closing procedures to ensure the security of patients, staff, data, revenue, inventory, and the building.\n\n \nFront-Office Tasks \n \n\n Know phone functions, including hold, intercom, transfer, forward, and three-way calling.\n Use patients? names during phone conversations with clients about their pets. Know each patient?s sex so the pet can be called ?he? or ?she.?\n Possess sufficient knowledge of animal husbandry and basic medicine to answer routine questions or refer calls to appropriate colleagues.\n\n \nClient-Interaction Tasks \n \nPatient-Admittance Tasks \n \n\n Cordially greet incoming clients and their pets, addressing each by name, and check them in.\n Admit patients to the hospital. Provide counseling and compassion for clients, answer their questions unless it is clear that the attending doctor should do so, and ensure that all admittance paperwork is properly completed.\n Complete and discuss financial estimates for clients as directed by doctors or the office manager.\n Provide clients with handouts and brochures regarding relevant medical conditions, surgeries, immunizations, internal and external parasites, pet health insurance, and diets.\n Assist clients with unruly or unrestrained pets.\n Transfer incoming patients to appropriate wards and ensure their comfort. Identify patients with cage cards and neck bands. Check for the presence of appropriate paperwork.\n\n \n \nProcedural Tasks \n \n\n As patients are admitted, build a surgery, procedure, and/or treatment schedule for the approval of the attending doctors.\n Develop each day?s hospital census and/or client-update forms, starting with in-hospital patients, and assist with development of these forms as patients are admitted for day-procedures, surgeries, or hospitalization. Deliver copies to the front desk at established times.\n\n \nPatient-Discharge Tasks \n \n\n Coordinate patient transfers with front-desk, kennel, and/or veterinarians.\n Prepare medications and prescriptions for dispensing as directed by the doctor. Ensure that each prescription label contains the following information: doctor?s name; practice?s name, address, and phone number including area code; date; patient?s and client?s name; medication name, strength and volume (or number); administration instructions including route of administration, such as by mouth or in the ear; and product?s expiration date.\n Dispense medications. Discuss administration or application and potential side effects with owners as directed by doctors.\n Accurately invoice clients from charges on travel or circle sheets or records. Activate computer reminders and insert computerized notes, treatments, diagnostics, and diagnoses.\n Discharge patients. Instruct clients on the care of patients at home, the timing of recheck appointments, and warnings of adverse effects of surgeries or medications.\n Assist grieving clients and comfort them. Be familiar with the grieving process. Always be sensitive to background chatter or conversations that could exacerbate the anxieties and grief clients experience during euthanasia?s or deaths of their pets.\n Return collars, leashes, and other accessories.\n Handle angry or grieving clients with a calm and reassuring manner. Be familiar with the grieving process. Always be sensitive to background chatter or conversations that could exacerbate the anxieties and grief clients experience during euthanasia?s or deaths of their pets.\n Assist clients to their vehicles if needed.\n\n \nMedical-Record Management Tasks \n \n\n Understand the medical-record filing system.\n Locate medical files for hospitalized, surgical, or incoming patients.\n Record doctors? and technicians? notes in patients? computer records or on paper records.\n Make notes in patient files of all relevant phone or in-person conversations with clients, especially when notifying them of lab results. Place your initials after the entries.\n Verify and/or witness clients? statements regarding procedures, including euthanasia.\n Check files for completeness of notes, charges, callbacks, and reminders, making entries as needed.\n\n \nExam-Room Tasks \n \n\n Possess sufficient strength and assertiveness to effectively restrain patients and ensure the safety of clients and personnel.\n Clean and straighten exam rooms to prepare for incoming patients. Spray disinfectant on exam tables, wipe them clean, and dry them. Remove sources of offensive odors; empty trash if necessary. Check floors, walls, doors, and counters, and sweep or clean them as needed to remove hair, body fluids, and dirt.\n Obtain and record patient histories from clients.\n Answer questions and educate clients about basic pet care and procedures including nutrition; internal and external parasite control; immunization protocols; the administration of topical, oral, otic, and ophthalmic medications; spay and neuter procedures; and behavior and obedience training.\n Complete cursory overall examinations of patients and record your findings in the medical records.\n Identify external parasites.\n Perform suture removals, nail trims, and wing trims.\n Draw up vaccines and/or injections for administration.\n Vaccinate pets. Follow manufacturers? directions as well as AAFP guidelines for placement of injectable vaccines at appropriate sites.\n Dispose of used needles and syringes and other sharp objects as set forth by the practice?s policy and OSHA standards.\n Keep a small notebook or personal digital assistant (PDA) in your pocket to record accurate instructions, particularly regarding the preparation and administering medications to be dispensed.\n Inform the practice manager or doctors immediately of all bite or scratch wounds you suffer so that reports can be made and you can be referred for timely medical care by a physician if necessary. Clean all wounds quickly and thoroughly.\n\n \nNursing-Care Tasks \n \nBasic and Environmental Tasks \n \n\n Prioritize tasks to maximize clients? satisfaction and patients? health.\n Track comfort items that clients brought for hospitalized patients.\n Wash, dry, and store patients? bedding and the practice?s towels. Bedding should be in good repair.\n Provide occupants with clean, soft bedding.\n Clean cages when they are soiled, and scoop or change litter boxes as needed.\n Maximize patients? comfort with a gentle and reassuring manner. Understand that actions that would constitute animal cruelty under state or local laws or the practice?s policies will be grounds for immediate reprimand and/or termination.\n Monitor patients for vomit, blood, urine, and feces in the cage, and clean patients and cages as needed. Note unexpected incidents on cage cards or charts.\n Monitor patients? behaviors and note potentially aggressive behaviors. Use caution when handling aggressive or potentially aggressive pets. Request assistance when needed.\n Monitor changes in patients? conditions. Alert doctors to significant changes.\n Alert doctors to notable pathology identified during patients? exams.\n Follow isolation procedures. Prevent contact between contagious animals and others. Using the designated products and dilutions for disinfectants, properly disinfect your shoes, hands, and clothing before leaving isolation areas.\n Walk dogs on a double leash or on a leash within a fenced exercise area. Ensure that they are restrained and under your control at all times.\n Accurately assess patients? temperatures, pulse rates, and respiratory rates.\n Clip hair in a manner that minimizes clipper burn. Maintain, clean, and lubricate clipper blades on a regular basis.\n Complete and update cage cards.\n Use warning stickers and notations on cage cards and records as appropriate.\n Prior to discharge, remove patients? catheters and clean patients so that no body fluids or excrement are present.\n\n \nPatient-Treatment Tasks \n \n\n Understand the mechanics and application of standards of asepsis.\n Properly calculate medication dosages and volumes of liquids or tablets to be administered to patients.\n Maintain IV catheters so fluids flow freely; flush and clean as needed.\n Monitor and maintain urinary-collection bags. Record urine production on charts.\n Administer IV, IM, SQ, and oral medications.\n Provide IV and SQ fluid therapy to patients. Maintain aseptic conditions. Understand the different types of fluids and additives used in the practice. Calculate, add, and administer medications through fluids. Calculate and administer proper fluid flow rates to patients.\n Monitor, adjust, and maintain IV infusion pumps.\n Administer routine enemas.\n Apply wound dressings and treatments. Maintain a clean site. Understand the applications for wet, dry, and wet-to-dry dressings.\n Apply bandages in a manner that ensures that the bandage protects and/or limits mobility and remains properly applied. Cover and maintain bandages as needed to preserve function and cleanliness.\n Use cotton swabs to clean ears, bulb syringes to flush them, curettes to remove debris, and catheters to irrigate ear canals. Administer ear treatments without causing trauma, and teach clients how to complete this task.\n Trim nails to the quick without causing bleeding.\n Provide physical therapy and hydrotherapy to patients as instructed.\n Provide medical grooming, including medicated baths, dips, and mat removal.\n Understand how to stop bleeding by using styptic pencils, powder or other means.\n Deflea patients with flea combs, flea sprays, spot-on topicals, baths, or appropriate medication.\n Detick patients with tick-removal instruments or medications.\n Identify a patient?s level of pain and possible causes of pain, and understand the medications and methods used to control pain.\n Assist kennel staff in medicating and treating boarders.\n\n \nTechnical Tasks \n \nGeneral Technical Tasks \n \n\n Restrain pets in a manner that allows necessary work to be performed, minimizes patient stress, and ensures their safety and that of other people.\n Safely and effectively apply and use restraint devices, including muzzles, towels, gloves, and cat bags.\n Perform venipunctures using patients? cephalic, saphenous, and jugular veins in a manner that minimizes trauma to patients and injury to veins and allows you to successfully obtain non hemolyzed blood samples.\n Collect urine and fecal samples. When required, perform urinary catheterizations on male dogs or cystocenteses on male and female dogs, cats, and pocket pets.\n Aseptically place cephalic, saphenous, and jugular intravenous catheters without causing patient trauma.\n Stain needle aspirates as requested.\n Type-match blood samples. Perform blood transfusions: set up filters for whole-blood administration, oversee administration of blood and blood products, and monitor patients for transfusion reactions.\n Set up and record diagnostic multi-lead ECG tracings.\n Make effective smears from vaginal swabs.\n Obtain ear swabs and