ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN II

ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN II

Posting Number: SRGV8977

Number of Vacancies: 1

Location: Brownsville, Texas

Department: College of Sciences/ Human Genetics & STDOI

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Scope of Job:

Performs moderately complex work in the handling, care, and treatment of animals used in experiments, and of animals maintained in breeding colonies that produce animals for use in experiments.

Description of Duties:

• Provides routine care of animals including feeding, and cleaning and sanitizing cages and environmental enrichment devices.
• Assists in maintaining animal care and procedure facilities and equipment.
• Maintains records of the daily census of animal colonies and of diets, life history events, genealogy, weights, and health status of individual animals.
• Follows special instructions for the care and experimental manipulation of laboratory animals, including instructions pertaining to prescribed preventive and therapeutic treatment procedures.
• May administer special diets and medicines to animals.
• May prepare animals for, and assists in conducting, experimental and clinical procedures, including blood sampling and surgery.
• May perform post-operative care of animals, including administration of drugs, removal of sutures, and dressing of wounds.
• May record and organize clinical data and assists with data analyses and preparation of reports.
• Provides shadow-training to assigned staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received: Specific supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given: Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education: High School diploma or GED.

Required Experience: Two (2) years of related experience, or an associate's degree in veterinary technology or a closely related field, or Bachelor's degree in a biological science or a closely related field from an accredited University.

Licenses/Certifications: Based on area of assignment may be required to obtain Assistant Animal Technician (ALAT) certification from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) within 1 year of hire.