Animal Care Technician I - ENTRY LEVEL!
Mattawan, MI
Contract to Hire
Pay: $19/hr
A Technician I is in training to perform and become proficient in on-boarding skills, procedures, and cooperating in a team environment. The technician is learning basic skills required to support a study which may include animal husbandry needs, animal handling, cages, equipment storage/tracking, wash systems, and water delivery system maintenance for various species throughout the site. The technician is working under close supervision to gain proficiency.
Potential Permanent Schedules: May vary based on business need and available roles to include:
Monday – Friday with weekend and holiday rotations 07:00AM* – 3:30PM*
Saturday - Wednesday with holiday rotations 07:00AM* – 3:30PM*
Wednesday - Saturday with holiday rotations 07:00AM* – 3:30PM*
All roles and shifts require flexibility to work extended hours outside of scheduled shift based on business need, sometimes with short notice.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•Ensure good welfare and humane care for all animals worked with through gentle, positive human-animal interactions.
•Train in on-boarding skills which may include animal husbandry needs, animal handling, cages, equipment storage/tracking, wash systems, and water delivery system maintenance for various species throughout the site. Specific skills will be based on each area’s training plan and business needs.
•Collect, document, review, and verify data on forms, or in electronic data capture systems.
•Review documentation of functions performed as part of quality control requirements.
•Use and maintain instrumentation and equipment.
•Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Education: High school diploma, General Education Degree (G.E.D.), preferred.
Experience : No previous experience required.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
Other:
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities to achieve goals.
•Computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite), commensurate with essential functions, including the ability to learn a validated system.
•Ability to ensure that a safe working environment is maintained by observing all safety procedures and working methods by making proper use of protective clothing and equipment, and by reading, understanding, and following all safety documents issued or notified of.
•Ability to ensure the integrity of the studies and fulfill the regulatory agencies requirements by performing the activities according to the Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Business Operating Procedures (BOP) and the Institutional Animal Care and
•Use Committee (IACUC) rules.
•Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to evenings, weekends, extended shifts, and/or extra shifts, sometimes on short notice.
• Ability to work under specific time constraints.
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