Must haves:

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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.

Duties: 60% Animal Care and Room Sanitation

Daily maintenance of vivarium facilities, under general supervision. Change cages/racks, clean primary enclosures per schedule, feed and water different species of animals used in LARC. Maintain all animals and animal housing areas according to LARC standard operating procedures for each species. Always handle animals humanely and with care. Mistreatment can result in severe, negative employment consequences. Monitor room conditions for temperature, humidity, and sanitation. Report conditions outside of set ranges to your Supervisor/Principal Technician. Identify animal care needs as they arise and report them to the Supervisor. Communicate with the faculty regarding animal housing/husbandry issues in a professional and articulate manner.

15% Animal Health

Identify and report all sick and unhealthy animals to Supervisor, Animal Health Technician, veterinary staff, and/or Principle Investigators (PI’s). Assist in restraint of animals as needed. Assist in animal health screening programs (which range from rodent sentinel program to large animal sample collection) as assigned. Assist in training animals for physical exam or research behaviors. Perform treatments, administer routine medications, apply technical skills under close supervision (e.g. collect fecal samples, various injections, etc.). Other animal health duties as assigned.

10% Record Keeping

Perform record-keeping duties, such as per-diems records, feed logs, temperature and humidity charts, animal receipt, and disposition logs. Perform sanitation record verification, such as water temperature or autoclave logs. Perform all duties as assigned in animal housing rooms and log in daily check sheet. Perform Census bar code cage scanning and data entry

10% Maintenance

Ability to use small hand tools to repair cages, racks, and minor mechanical needs (e.g., automatic watering systems, water fillers, etc.). Maintain and change rack, biosafety cabinet, humidifier, and room filters. Maintain/restock supplies in common areas, including feed, PPE, and equipment

Requirements:

1 year of animal handling or lab animal sanitation equipment operations experience required Ability to communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel, maintain legible records for permanent status. All assignments require some use of computer/email. Basic computer skills (e.g. email skills, ability to scan cage barcodes, sync PDA’s for submitting Health Surveillance Reports electronically, utilize email account for work-related communications, online training, HBS timesheet submission). 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; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.