Essential Functions The employee must be able to: • Performveterinary technician skills and procedures, • Have sufficient visual acuity and manual dexterity to recognize and identify normal and abnormal species-specific clinical appearances and behavior patterns, perform veterinary technical procedures (including euthanasia), safely handle and restrain animals, and operate and maintain facility equipment and supplies, • Negotiate around equipment within close quarters, and move between rooms, workspaces,and facilities, • Work with a variety of animal species, biohazards, chemical and radiation hazards, and wear personal protective equipment (PPE), • Work directly with live or dead animals and clean or soiled bedding andcaging, • Successfully enroll in the University of Pittsburgh Animal Exposure Surveillance Program (AESP) and other medical surveillance/immunization programs as dictated by current research activities, • Receive vaccinations and health assessments, including TB testing,requiredto work in some animal holding or procedure areas,in accordance withDLAR and/or EH&S policies andpractices, • Performcomputer skills including the ability toutilizecommon applications (e.g., email, Word, Excel) and DLAR systems (ex: CAMs), • Read, understand, and follow DLAR and other institutional guidance documents (SOPs, policies), including IACUC approved animal protocols, • Follow written and verbal instructions, • Accuratelyand effectively communicate in English, verbally and in writing, • Work variable scheduled during on-call coverage, and some weekends and evenings and holidays, as required to support research operations, and • Travel between DLAR facilities in a timely manner. Physical Effort The employee must be able to: • Stand for extended periods of time throughout most of the workday, • Lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds including but not limited to caging and equipment, bags or boxes of animal diet and animal bedding, and operate equipment to move heavier objects or weights exceeding 50 pounds, • Perform repetitive motion tasks that involve pushing, pulling, reaching, and/or bending, and • Physically handle and restrain a variety of small and large laboratory animals.