Animal Technician, Animal Resource Center - Service Department

Minimum Qualifications: 
High school or equivalent and one year of laboratory animal experience.

Job Summary: 
To provide for the skilled care of laboratory animals in a humane, safe and sanitary manner using appropriate equipment and established procedures.

Job Duties:

• Feeds and waters animals as specified. 
• Performs daily census of animals. 
• Changes animal caging as scheduled sanitizes rooms, equipment and hallways as assigned. 
• Assists in the maintenance of animal records. 
• Observes animals for behavior change and/or evidence of disease and notifies staff as appropriate. 
• Provides routine treatment for common disease problems and performs animal identification tasks using established methods. 
• Assists in the operation of and the record keeping for breeding colonies. 
• Attends in-house training programs to become more knowledgeable in the field of laboratory animal science.

Marginal or Periodic Functions:

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. 
• Performs related duties as required

Working Environment/Equipment
Support equipment used in a laboratory animal science multi-species facility and standard office equipment. Standard animal resources environment. Must not be allergic to animal dander or have immunodeficiency diseases. Pregnancy may become a personal safety factor in some laboratory animal science duties. Potential exposure to radiation and biohazards.
 

*Official Regulatory Statement for Healthcare jobs’ Job Description: May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing & non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients and others. 

Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.