ANIMAL CONTROL KENNEL TECHNICIAN - POLICE

Claytoncountyga; Georgia; On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Clayton County, Georgia is seeking an Animal Control Kennel Technician for the Police department. You will assist with animal intake, evaluation, and treatment, maintain kennels, and monitor health and behavior.

Responsibilities include cleaning facilities, data entry in Shelter Buddy, and working holidays and weekends as required. A High School Diploma or equivalent and basic animal care knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of basic animal care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with animal intake, evaluation, and treatment.
• Clean and maintain the exercise yard and dog park.
• Sweep, mop and disinfect floors on a daily basis; deep clean shelter including tops and bottoms of cages, intake and isolation areas on a regular basis.
• Operate laundry equipment, fold laundry and wash dishes.
• Monitor animals and immediately report health or behavior abnormalities to the Animal Care Manager.
• Create and maintain necessary animal records, perform data entry into Shelter Buddy.
• Able and willing to work holidays and weekends.

Skills

Basic animal care knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

ANIMAL CONTROL KENNEL TECHNICIAN - POLICE

KENNEL TECHNICIAN

CLASSIFICATION TITLE: ANIMAL CONTROL KENNEL TECHNICIAN

PURPOSE OF CLASSIFICATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out complex instructions furnished in written or oral form. Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Assist with animal intake, evaluation, and treatment.
• Clean and maintain the exercise yard and dog park.
• Sweep, mop and disinfect floors on a daily basis; deep clean shelter including tops and bottoms of cages, intake and isolation areas on a regular basis.
• Operate laundry equipment, fold laundry and wash dishes.
• Monitor animals and immediately report health or behavior abnormalities to the Animal Care Manager.
• Create and maintain necessary animal records, perform data entry into Shelter Buddy.
• Able and willing to work holidays and weekends.

ADDITONAL FUNCTIONS

Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of basic animal care.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/ou move up to 50 pounds.

Sensory Requirements

Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals.

Environmental Factors

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to excessive. Both indoor and outdoor work is required.

Clayton County, Georgia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.