ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN - PART-TIME

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury; Lake Charles (LA); Sur place; USD 17 000 - 21 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury seeks an Animal Care level role to clean and sanitize the shelter, feed and care for animals, and assist the public with adoptions and paperwork. Responsibilities include health monitoring, basic medical tasks, and recordkeeping.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED and a valid driver’s license, with duties performed on-site in the animal shelter environment.

Qualifications

• Basic animal handling techniques and nutrition knowledge.
• Ability to follow safety and sanitation procedures.
• Experience with recordkeeping and basic software applications.

Responsabilités

• Clean and sanitize animal holding areas and maintain facility aesthetics.
• Feed, water, and groom animals; monitor health and behavior.
• Assist the public in selecting an animal and completing adoption paperwork.
• Administer vaccines and perform related care as assigned.

Connaissances

Animal handling

Observation skills

Communication skills

Recordkeeping

Public assistance

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Description du poste

Summary

This is the first of five levels in the Animal Care series. Incumbents clean and sanitize the animal shelter and provide care to the animals. Responsibilities may include assigning incoming animals to kennels; administering medications and vaccinations; euthanizing animals; preparing heads for rabies checks; cremating animals; microchipping animals; cleaning kennels and public areas; assisting the public in selecting an animal and completing paperwork; and feeding and watering animals.

Summary

This is the first of five levels in the Animal Care series. Incumbents clean and sanitize the animal shelter and provide care to the animals. Responsibilities may include assigning incoming animals to kennels; administering medications and vaccinations; euthanizing animals; preparing heads for rabies checks; cremating animals; microchipping animals; cleaning kennels and public areas; assisting the public in selecting an animal and completing paperwork; and feeding and watering animals.

Examples of Duties (The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. Other duties may be assigned.)

• Cares for animals, which includes: cleaning and disinfecting animal holding areas; maintaining facility aesthetics; feeding, watering, and grooming animals; opening and closing facilities; monitoring animals for illness, disease, and/or injury; evaluating animals for adoption potential; socializing animals in custody; administering vaccines and oral dewormers; microchipping animals; and/or performing other related activities.
• Participates in euthanizing animals, which includes: injecting animals with applicable serums; performing surgical decapitation of deceased animals for rabies testing; transporting carcasses of deceased animals to landfill for disposal; incinerating animals as requested; and cleaning the incinerator.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of files, records, reports, agreements, logs, adoption records and forms, and/or other related information.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not require supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.); or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

Licensing Requirements

Valid driver’s license as per State law or requirement.

KNOWLEDGE

• Customer service principles;
• Basic animal handling techniques and applications;
• Basic animal care and nutrition requirements;
• Basic animal anatomy;
• Cleaning and sanitizing methods;
• Recordkeeping practices;
• Computers and related software applications.

Skills

• Caring for animals;
• Cleaning and sanitizing animal holding areas;
• Observing and documenting animal behavior;
• Identifying sick animals;
• Handling animals;
• Preparing and maintaining records and reports;
• Using computers and related software applications;
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Physical Requirements

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Positions in this class typically require reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be subjected to fumes, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, blood and other bodily fluids, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, intense noises, and a threatening environment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, extreme heat, animal bites, repugnant odors and sights inherent within a shelter environment, and possible exposure to diseases associated with animals, to include blood-borne pathogens.

The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; extreme cold; and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

UNIFORM

An employee in this position will be supplied with a uniform, provided by the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury. The employee is responsible for abiding by the Police Jury's Uniform Agreement.

NOTE

NOTE The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.

This position is not eligible for the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury benefit package.

01

Do you have a high school diploma or equivalent?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have a valid Driver's License?

• Yes
• No

03

Are you a current Calcasieu Parish Police Jury employee?

• Yes
• No
• Required Question