Animal Care Technician

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts animal movement from room to room as needed for housing requirements, study requirements, cleaning, etc. May use a transport cart to assist with moving large post-operative animals
• May administer treatments and medications under the direction of a Veterinarian.
• Assists with stocking animal and surgical supplies.
• Primarily involved in the welfare and husbandry activities of animals, including sanitation of equipment and the vivarium
• Receives, identifies, and acclimates laboratory animals.
• May euthanize animals.
• Interacts with animals daily and sets up or participates in animal enrichment activities.
• Performs animal receipt, including preparing housing for arrival, movement of animals to housing, preparing animal charts, and bathing and weighing of animals as required. May perform microchipping/tail-marking depending upon species.
• Performs daily documentation activities, such as cleaning/sprayback and feeding dates and times, sanitation dates and initials, appetite, feces and vomit observations, room and location transfers, room temperature and humidity data, etc.
• • Weighs animals according to schedule or as dictated by study protocol.
• May administer medications under the direction of a Veterinarian.
• Follows the Quality Manual, all SOPs, and Process documents.
• Documents all required tasks.
• May administer treatments as directed by the staff veterinarian.
• May conduct training on husbandry tasks for other Associates and update training records.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 0-2 years of related experience.

Working Conditions

• Physical activities include standing, walking, sitting, climbing a ladder, using hands to finger, handle, feel or cut using various tools, and reaching with hands and arms.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Physical requirements include the ability to frequently lift and move 50 lbs. (23 kgs.) or more on occasion.
• Employees must be able to talk and hear.
• May be required to be on-call for weekends and holidays. The associate will respond by the criteria outlined in The Associate Handbook.