Work Experience Week

For the past week, I have been doing work experience at a veterinary clinic. For this terms humanities class, we are learning about the working world and as part of this topic, I have chosen to do work experience at Sunset Vet. Walking in on my first day I was feeling very nervous and wasn’t sure of what to expect. I met Dr. Thereisa and she took me on a tour around the vet while introducing me to all the other workers. My workmates were very welcoming and treated me with respect, always making sure I was all right. 

During my time at work experience, from 7:30am-3:30pm, I was occupied and completed many tasks. When I walk into the vet, I check all of the animal’s bowls and fill them with water, also changing the dirty beds. As the day goes past, I observed the veterinarians as they perform surgeries, x-rays, check-ups, and many other tasks. On some days, I went with the vet ambulance on home visits, to pick up new patients, or to take some of the animal’s home. I was extremely happy with my choice of going to a vet as I learnt a lot more about animals and how to help them. My favourite part was during the surgeries as it was very interesting to see. I enjoyed every part of my work experience and can’t wait to actually work one day.