Keeper I

Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Louisville, KY

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Animal Care, Career Counseling, Conservation, Cook Dishes, Facebook, Food Delivery, Loading/Unloading, Operational Support, Order Picking/Packing, Primary Care, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Systems Maintenance, Twitter, Warehousing, Waste/Garbage/Recycle Collection, Work From Home
LOCATION
Louisville, KY
POSTED
8 days ago

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Louisville Zoo

Keeper I

The Louisville Zoo is excited to announce a wonderful entry-level Keeper I opportunity to join our Commissary/ Night Keeper team! The primary purpose of this position is to provide night overwatch at the zoo and patrol zoo grounds; provide care for zoo animals after hours and support animal care operations; prepare, pack, and deliver zoo diets to primary animal care teams; procure, organize, warehouse, pick, and deliver zoo diets and animal care supplies to primary animal care teams.

This dynamic position provides team members with wide variety of resume building experiences connecting with all animal departments across the zoo and is tailor-made for individuals who are looking for their first big break or established keepers looking to transfer to an AZA accredited, world class conservation institution.

The essential functions listed below are those that represent most of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class, as necessary.

  • Patrols Zoo grounds overnight to ensure the security of the property, gates and buildings as assigned.

  • Reports abnormal overnight events to the supervisor.

  • Reports animal observations to the supervisor.

  • Shifts and accesses zoo animals from one animal holding area to another.

  • Provides food and water to animals when necessary.

  • Performs routine maintenance on zoo systems as assigned.

  • Operates kitchen equipment (chopper, grinder, mixer, scales, blenders, and related equipment).

  • Procure, organize, warehouse, maintain and organize zoo diets and animal care supplies.

  • Delivers animal food, browse, and animal care supplies to animal exhibit areas operating motorized vehicle, as necessary.

  • Identify, collect, package, and deliver browse to animal care areas.

  • Cleans and maintains food preparation areas.

  • Cares for small animals used in animal diets and performs euthanasia of feeder animals..

  • Prepares food for zoo animals following SOPs and diet instructions

  • Picks up and disposes of animal manure, operating packer truck, loading onto truck from wheelbarrows and large waste cans. Delivers manure to waste collection facility via packer truck.

  • Learns to perform duties of zookeeping in animal areas and participates in continual training.

  • Performs related work as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, pension program, paid parental leave, PTO, and more

How to Apply

If interested in applying, please visit the Louisville Metro Government website at Apply today! | Departments: Zoo | Sorted by Job Title ascending | .

Louisville Zoo

Louisville, KY 40213

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