Kennel Hand – 养犬手

在澳新职业大典中，养犬手归属于3611动物保育员与训练员职业小组，共享以下详细职业描述：

• 教会动物服从语言和非语言的命令，解决行为问题；teaching animals to obey verbal and non-verbal commands and addressing behavioural problems
• 训练动物接受骑手和拉车辆；training animals to accept riders and pull vehicles
• 训练动物参加比赛；training animals to perform in competitions
• 为宠物洗澡、剪毛、梳理、吹干和造型，以及剪指甲和清洗耳朵；bathing, cutting, combing, blow-drying and styling pets’ coats, clipping their nails and cleaning their ears
• 检查、准备、清洁、消毒和维护舒适的动物笼和围栏；inspecting, preparing, cleaning, disinfecting and maintaining comfortable animal cages and enclosures
• 根据动物需要，运输食物、装满水槽和喂养动物；transporting food, filling water troughs and feeding animals according to their individual needs
• 维护动物健康记录，治疗轻伤，向兽医报告严重情况；maintaining animal health records, treating minor injuries and reporting serious conditions to Veterinarians
• 与动物一起运动和玩耍，回答游客的问题，带领或携带动物在围栏间转移；exercising and playing with animals, answering visitor questions, and transferring animals between enclosures by leading or carrying them
• 在动物身上喷洒杀虫剂，并将其浸泡在杀虫剂浴中，以控制害虫。dusting and spraying insecticides on animals and immersing them in insecticide baths, to control insect pests

在实际工作中，养犬手主要维护狗狗的日常养护，而训犬师则对狗狗进行服从教育。

与其他动物护理职业相似，在新西兰并没有特别对口的、适合国际留学生就读的长期课程。目前可查询的包括以下动物护理课程：

由于职位太小众，无可查证的就业与收入统计数据。

并非新西兰移民局规定的短缺职业。