Veterinary Services/Animal Technician

Work Mode: Onsite Parnassus
Duration: 26 weeks
0730-1630. Start ASAP.

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily care for animals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Perform duties including changing cages and racks, delivering food and water according to established procedures.
• Maintain equipment and animal housing areas following standard operating procedures and federal and state regulations.
• Perform record-keeping duties such as per-diems records, animal health surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, and animal receipt and disposition logs.
• Ensure proper care and use of animals, identify problems, and report them immediately.
• Perform technical procedures required within LARC or to support the research effort.

Requirements:

• 1 year of animal handling or lab animal sanitation equipment operations experience required.
• Ability to communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel and maintain legible records.
• General knowledge of feeding, caging, and space requirements for multiple species of laboratory animals used in biomedical research.
• Full knowledge of disinfection, sanitation, and cleaning agents; ability to use cage washers for cleaning and autoclaves for sterilization of cages.
• General knowledge of federal and other licensing agencies’ regulations.
• Satisfactory job performance ratings at all times during probationary employment period.
• Ability to follow instructions, work independently or in shared assignments with others.
• Basic computer skills, including email and online training.
• Ability to follow work rules, including no eating or drinking in animal areas, no smoking at campus facilities.
• Physical ability to bend, squat, kneel, stand, reach above shoulder level, and move on hard surfaces for up to 7 hours/day.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment as required, including protective clothing, glasses, safety shoes, gloves, face masks, and respirators.
• Ability to push and pull heavy objects and safely move and lift heavy loads (up to 50 pounds).

Preferred Skills:

• Graduation from high school/GED, completion of training equivalent to the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician certification of the AALAS, and one year of animal care experience; or high school graduation and two years of animal care experience in the care of an animal species appropriate to the particular job.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience, and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.