Performs routine animal husbandry tasks including cleaning, watering, feeding, and grooming of common laboratory animals following department procedures and guidelines of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Sciences Manual for Laboratory Technicians; develops and implements proper processes, personnel training, equipment checks and maintenance, area maintenance, transportation of cages and caging accessories between buildings within campus, and serves as a backup for planned and unplanned employee absences. Knowledge of contamination‑control practices, including engineering, administrative, and procedural controls for pathogen containment; disinfection and waste‑handling methods; and work in Hazcon and biocontainment animal facilities up to BSL‑2 with BSL‑3 practices.