Pond Maintenance / Animal Care / Fish Care

Minimum age of 22

Pond Doctors, LLC is looking for a motivated, hard-working employee to help us expand our business. If this is an area of interest to you, we are excellent employers.

We need employees who can manage and/or Learn the following jobs:·

• Inspect Ponds to make sure it’s a healthy Ecosystem for the fish and plants.·
• Provide consultations and guide clients towards a healthy beautiful pond.

Services that we would be asking of you are (training included):

• Cleaning of Ponds·
• Maintenance of Ponds.
• Plumbing of filter systems·
• Sophisticated Water Testing with our equipment
• Treatment of Green Water and adding the Water Treatments / Conditioners / and Medicine (over the counter) needed to keep the ponds healthy and beautiful.

We will ask that you have (much of this will come with training): A general idea about Pond Ecology and Ecosystem Building so that you can assist our clients in Stocking Ponds with healthy Fish / Plants that will live together. Filtration system setup we sell as well as teaching you how to properly maintain this system.

Our business strives to have employees with extensive knowledge/education, experience, and training that allows us to provide valuable and thorough planning for well-constructed, healthy water gardens for long-term animal life and the clients’ enjoyment.

A successful candidate will:

• Have a desire to pursue a career in fish, aquatic animal’s husbandry, ponds, aquariums, aquatic animal health management, fisheries management, biology, and public zoos.
• Be able to lift 50 pounds or more· Be comfortable working in environmental extremes (very warm or cold), muddy, and wet·
• Be able to stand for long periods of time·
• Maintain a positive, team-oriented work demeanor with company owner, supervisor, other “Pondologists” as well as clients
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions accurately and promptly
• Exhibit ability to diagnose and solve problems and follow through with completion of tasks
• Maintain excellent written and verbal communication with co-workers, supervisor, and company owner
• Display attention to detail while providing the best care possible to collection of animals as well as sparkling ponds for our clients to enjoy
• Transfer and handle a variety of aquatic species (fish, invertebrates) through the use of tools, training techniques, and miscellaneous equipment required in various workplace scenarios

Qualified candidates will ideally have a minimum of 1 year’s experience working with animals. Experience in the care and maintenance of freshwater and (occasionally) saltwater fish, and aquatic invertebrates. Similar experience in aquatic husbandry will be considered. Knowledge and working experience with a variety of life support systems is preferred. If you speak Spanish, that will be a plus but not required. This is a full-time hourly position you will be driving a company vehicle so a clean driving record and over the age of 22 are insurance requirements.

You can take the vehicle home.

Send us a message me or call us at 305-251-7663

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• What is your experience with fish and the fish keeping hobby?
• This job requires a lot of outdoor work and getting dirty. how do you feel about working in the outdoors with fish?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Miami, FL 33156: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person