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Animal Caretaker Duties and Responsibilities

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Purpose of Classification:

Provides care for laboratory animals in an animal facility. Feeds and waters animals; cleans cages, feeding equipment and animal rooms.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is first in a series of seven classifications and is distinguished from the Animal Technician in that incumbents do not breed animals or administer medical treatments.

Examples of Duties:

  • Feeds, waters and cares for animals according to detailed instructions.
     
  • Cleans cages, feeding equipment and animal rooms; sprays disinfectants and mops floors and walls.
     
  • Washes and sterilizes cages and other materials.
     
  • Assists in observing health condition and behavior of animals; reports injuries, disease or abnormal behavior to supervisor and/or designated person.
     
  • Inventories animals by head count and weighs animals to ensure requirements are met; moves animals to larger cages according to National Institute of Health guidelines, in consultation with supervisor.
     
  • Completes and/or forwards paperwork when animals are moved.
     
  • Transports animals and supplies to designated locations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Skill in working with animals.
     
  • Skill in concentrating on routine tasks.
     
  • Skill in following both verbal and written instructions.

Minimum Qualifications:

Six months animal husbandry experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

 

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