Emma Snelson

General Summary: Agricultural Business degree with experience in raising livestock animals and customer service. Educated in Ranch Management and Business Computer Information Systems.

Upcoming Externship                                                                                                                                   06/09/2024-07/27/2024 Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex: Animal Caretaker in Biocontainment Training Program, Texas A&M University, Kansas State University, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Kansas

Six-week session starting in College Station, Tx from June 9 to June 29, 2024 and Manhattan, Kansas from July 7 to July 27, 2024.

Training sessions at both sites will be a combination of lecture and hands-on activities and will include the following topics:

- Principles of Biorisk Management

- Safety precautions for working with livestock and laboratory animals in containment

- Regulatory guidelines for high-consequence pathogens

- Animal health management and record-keeping

- Restraint, sedation, and pain management

- Necropsy and sample collection

- Biocontainment PPE and PAPR

Skills

·      Retail experience

·      Receiving shipments

·      Customer Service

·      Open/Close shop for trade

·      Photography: photo editing

·      Farm and ranch maintenance

·      Animal caretaking

·      Stock investment

·      Equity trading

·      Complex systems thinking

·      Accounting financial analysis

·      Basic horticulture

·      Rangeland improvements

·      Rangeland Survey

·      Plant identification

·      Animal behaviors

·      Livestock Ultrasounds

·      Basic livestock phlebotomy

·      Rangeland Management

·      Wildlife Management

·      Brush Management

·      Livestock Management

·      Animals: Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Chickens, Rabbits, Pigs

·      Microsoft applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Office, Outlook

·      Google applications: Classroom, Docs, Slides, Gmail