Southern Research Instituteposted about 2 months ago
Full-time
Birmingham, AL
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

This position is responsible for providing animal care and husbandry. The Animal Care Technician in the animal facility has a basic understanding of the principals involved in providing animal care and husbandry and a proven ability to work well in a team setting. This position is a member of an animal care team led by the Group Leader. This position reports directly to the Supervisor, Veterinary Services who will have direct management responsibility.

Responsibilities

  • Handles and works with laboratory animals and the equipment, supplies, and materials required to provide for humane conditions.
  • Cleans cages, equipment, and work area, and decontaminates animal rooms, this includes operating sanitizing equipment.
  • Provides support to the animal care facility, including vermin control, measuring and recording facility environmental factors, air filter changes, and lab cleaning/decontamination.
  • Provides clean housing, feed, water and appropriate enrichment for animals housed in the facility.
  • Gathers experimental data by measuring and recording body weights and temperatures, qualitative and quantitative food and water consumption, and observation of physical condition.
  • Transfers animals and animal identification to clean caging/racks, and materials from storage to work areas.
  • Transports laboratory equipment and materials to and from animal rooms.
  • Observes animals twice daily and reports abnormal findings to appropriate individual(s).
  • Stores feed, bedding, materials and equipment.
  • Operates and adjusts animal watering system.
  • Provides environmental enrichment and/or socialization to animals as directed.
  • Does general handling and restraint of animals.
  • Verifies and documents the operational status of various pieces of equipment and environmental conditions in animal facilities.
  • Observes appropriate safety and study requirements by reading, understanding, and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and study protocols.
  • Assists the supervisor, manager, and veterinarian as necessary.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent with 1 year of related experience.
  • Ability to work overtime when necessary and participate in weekend/holiday rotations.
  • Demonstrated ability to handle and restrain animals.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and willingness to learn new tasks.
  • Ability to meet all entry requirements, including medical and vaccination requirements for work in both an ABSL-2 and ABSL-3 laboratory environment.

Nice-to-haves

  • Immunizations are required for this position and are determined by the study/agent. Some examples include Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Smallpox, Polio, and Influenza.

Job Keywords

Hard Skills
  • Animal Care
  • Experimental Data
  • Good Laboratory Practice
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Laboratory Equipment
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