Starting Your Career as a Marine Mammal Trainer


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This behind-the-scenes look at careers in marine mammal care and training addresses questions such as What is it really like to be a trainer? and How can I become one, too? and offers strategies and alternatives to help identify potential career options in this field. It covers a variety of aspects involved in being a trainer, from typical days on the job and training different behaviors to the kind of education needed and the value of swimming and scuba skills. This thorough guide contains a comprehensive bibliography for additional reference and an invaluable resource directory with extensive contact information for more than 150 educational, governmental, and professional sources around the world.




Wear a Wetsuit at Work


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"Wear a Wetsuit at Work: How You Can Become a Marine Mammal Trainer" was created for those aspiring to enter the competitive field of marine mammal training. Lots of people want to be dolphin trainers, but not a lot of people know how to become a dolphin trainer. This book explains what you need to do in order to become a dolphin trainer or any other type of marine mammal trainer.In This Book, You Will Learn...- What all aspiring trainers need to know!- The different types of marine mammal trainers!- What formal education is preferred!- The foundation of how professional marine mammal trainers train animals! This alone, is priceless.- Information on the top three most popular marine mammals!- A list of National and International industry associations and organizations.- How to get animal experience!- What other experience you need, and how to get it!- What to expect in the swim test, and how to prepare!- What to expect in the interview, what to say, and what not to say!- Loads of tips to make your dream a reality!- Stories from other aspiring and professional marine animal trainers!- Author, Kyle Kittleson's story, on getting his first internship, his mistakes, and his triumphs!- Marine animal training vocabulary and definitions. You need to know these concepts before you can work with dolphins, sea lions, or killer whales.- Instructions on how to obtain a full contact list of every facility in the United States that houses marine mammals...for FREE!- Much more!This book is the most updated and recent resource of its kind. It was created by marine mammal trainer, Kyle Kittleson. Kittleson has spent more than five years compiling this book and believes it is the best resource available. Kittleson has worked at small and large marine facilities with penguins, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and killer whales. The tips and techniques provided in this book is what every aspiring marine mammal trainer needs to know. If you are serious about becoming a marine mammal trainer, this book is a must-have.




Becoming a Marine Biologist


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A fascinating guide to a career in marine biology written by bestselling journalist Virginia Morell and based on the real-life experiences of an expert in the field—essential reading for someone considering a path to this profession. For the last two decades, Dr. Robin Baird has spent two months out of each year aboard a twenty-four-foot Zodiac boat in the waters off the big island of Hawai'i, researching the twenty-five species of whales and dolphins that live in the Pacific Ocean. His life may seem an impossible dream—but his career path from being the first person in his family to graduate college to becoming the leading expert on some of Hawai'i's marine mammals was full of twists and turns. Join Baird aboard his Zodiac for a candid look at the realities of life as a research scientist, from the ever-present struggles to secure grants and publish new data, to the joys of helping to protect the ocean and its inhabitants. You’ll also learn pro tips, like the unexpected upsides to not majoring in marine biology and the usefulness of hobbies like sailing, birdwatching, photography, and archery. (You’ll need good aim to tag animals with the tiny recording devices that track their movements.) Becoming a Marine Biologist is an essential guide for anyone looking to turn a passion for the natural world into a career. This is the most valuable informational interview you’ll have—required reading for anyone considering this challenging yet rewarding path.




To Free a Dolphin


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In this memorable first book, Behind the Dolphin Smile, Richard O'Barry told the inspiring story of his personal transformation from world-famous dolphin trainer (Flipper was his pupil) to dolphin liberator. Now, in To Free a Dolphin, he passionately recounts the dramatic story of his heart-breaking campaign to release captive dolphins back into the wild. With wit and insight he chronicles the extreme opposition he has faced from bureaucrats, major players in the captive-dolphin industry, rival wildlife groups, and well-meaning sentimentalists. He introduces readers to famous show animals he has helped, including Bogie and Bacall of Key Largo. And, most fascinating, he describes his struggles to deprogram and rehabilitate dolphins emotionally scarred from years of captivity--struggles that become battles for the animals' souls.




Lads Before the Wind


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A Dolphin in Front of You


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Simple and to-the-point, this guide teaches how to become a professional dolphin trainer. Drawing on the author's 17 years of experience with training all types of animals, this useful book sheds light on a fascinating and exciting career choice.




Getting a Job in Wildlife Biology


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Are you thinking about a career in wildlife biology? Confused about the steps you need to take? This is the book for you! With nearly two decades of experience, Dr. Stephanie Schuttler shares her journey of becoming a wildlife biologist, what she has learned about this field, and provides advice for how you can become competitive for jobs. Wildlife biology careers have changed tremendously over the few decades. A lot of advice students receive or find on the Internet is outdated and no longer applies. With more and more students graduating, the field is more competitive than ever before. Dr. Schuttler has years of experience working in and applying for jobs in research, education, and science communication. In this book, she shares her personal journey of how she became a wildlife biologist, detailed accounts of working in museums, zoos, in academia, and for the government, what has made her competitive for jobs, and why she didn't get specific jobs despite having all of the qualifications and years of pertinent experience. In addition to her own story, she goes over the types of career opportunities available to wildlife biologists, where wildlife biologists work, what educational requirements are needed, and what else you need to become competitive for jobs in this field. Although tailored for jobs wildlife biology, this book will also help those interested in other natural history fields. Reverse engineer your career by learning from Dr. Schuttler's journey to find your dream job.




Career Opportunities in Conservation and the Environment


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Provides information on the duties, salaries, employment prospects, and skills, training, or education necessary for more than sixty-five jobs that focus on nature and the environment.




Dream Job Profiles


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Green delivers informative and inspiring profiles of young people who landed their ultimate dream jobs and found success at a very young age.




Development of Behavioral Job Criteria for Marine Mammal Trainers


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The present study concentrates on the job of the marine mammal trainer. Objectives were: (1) to explore and define the underlying dimensions of success in marine mammal training; and (2) to develop reliable job criteria for use in test validation procedures. The study was based on the premise that marine mammal training is dimensionally complex with several attributes acting in combination to determine degree of success. The method employed involved: (1) determining the specific duties and tasks of the marine mammal trainer's job; (2) identifying specific behavioral elements which reflect 'good' and 'poor' trainer performance; (3) categorizing those elements into dimensions which underly job performance; and (4) quantifying the quality of performance reflected by each behavioral element.