Animal Care Technician

Animal Husbandry Technician

**if interested please email eheinking @ actalentservices.com

Description:

The Animal Care Technician will perform animal husbandry duties and have responsibility for the overall welfare of a variety of laboratory animals.

What you will be doing?

• Responsible for the humane care and treatment of all species within the Animal Care unit

• Provide routine Animal Care consisting of feeding, watering, and cage and room cleaning

• Responsible for the receipt of animals, proper identification, and placement of animals in appropriate housing

• Perform animal handling, animal identification and randomization

• Assist in the operation and maintenance of equipment such as cage and glassware washers, scales and balances

• Maintain pertinent records in compliance with SOPs, USDA, FDA, and AAALAC International regulations and guidelines

• Maintain study support areas and procedure rooms, keeping them clean, stocked, and ready for use

• Assist the clinical veterinarian in physical examination, treatment of laboratory animals and assist with the animal health programs

• May assist in the conduct of research studies as needed including the use of various animal dosing techniques

• Provide weekend, holiday, and after-hours work, usually on a rotational basis

Skills:

animal husbandry, animal handling, animal research, cleaning, detail, veterinary hospital, animal science, washing, Husbandry

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

The Requirements of the Position:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required

• Animal care or research laboratory work experience

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Excellent attention to detail and animal behavior observation skills

• Basic familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Computer skills, including the ability to learn a new system

• Ability to work under specific time constraints

• Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to evenings, weekends and holidays; sometimes on short notice.

Experience Level:

Entry Level

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