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Animal Control Workers
Protects wildlife and enforces hunting, fishing and boating laws.
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Game wardens patrol forests, fields and waterways, enforce wildlife laws, investigate poaching, help injured animals and teach hunter and boater safety. In Pennsylvania, the Game Commission hires State Game Wardens and the Fish and Boat Commission hires Waterways Conservation Officers.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Business Law · Career and Technical
Builds law and government, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- Government and Economics · Social Studies
Builds law and government, which this job uses.
- Environmental Science · Science
Builds biology, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Animal Control Workers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.