How do I become a killer whale trainer?
Serena’s answer is excellent, and I wish the best to both of you. But as you know, there is no shortage of people who look hot in wet suits and have stage presence, and the ones who get the jobs are the ones who have more to offer. Start by learning everything you can about cetaceans in general, because you probably won’t be working with orcas only wherever you work. Few dolphin trainers are cetologists (cetacean experts) and being one would certainly make you stand out from the others. Fortunately, becoming a competent cetologist is easier than becoming an expert in just about any other area of science simply because we know so little about the cetaceans. But even more important, you must approach your work with a most profound humility because you are going to run into the same problems your dog has teaching you new tricks and for the same reasons. The problem will not be in teaching the orca to do tricks, the problem will be to make the orca want to do tricks when you want them done
