Animal Control Officer III
Animal Control Officer III
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23-04-2025
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Job Description
This Animal Control Officer position the third level in its series is responsible for overseeing training of new Animal Control Officers with daytoday activities associated with intake public relations and care of animals.
Essential Duties- Training employees on the nonpublic facing aspects of shelter operations
- Triage
- Report writing
- Citation writing
- Handling fractious animals
- Feeding animal return to community Cat Program
- Disposal of animals in accordance with governing ordinances and public interaction skills
- Conducting minor investigative work to build cases effectively such as animal bites adoption/rescues abandonment cases animal cruelty
- Serving as a lead to staff to include assigning and monitoring work and providing direction or acting as a trainer
- Monitoring and ensuring all animals are in good health cages are disinfected and cleaned and animals are properly fed watered and proper medication is given if needed
- Evaluating animals to determine which are adoptable if rescue should be contacted or if the animal needs to be euthanized
- Preparing court documents and distributing them to appropriate courts
- Ensuring inventory supplies are stocked and uptodate and prepared daily records of euthanasia solution for the State Department of Agriculture
- Answering phone calls and/or emails from citizens and responds appropriately regarding animal abuse rescue coordination or reported bite cases
Other Job Requirements/Information- This job is a safety sensitive position that will require a preemployment drug test and subsequent random drug and alcohol testing.
- This job may require oncall rotation and emergency after hours weekends and/or holidays.
Salary will be dependent on education and experience.
Minimum Qualifications- High School Diploma or G.E.D.
- Three years of animal control/enforcement experience
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered
- Valid drivers license
- Licensing/certification/training completion of the following:
- Asp Baton training
- Basic Chemical Capture
- Crematory training
- Euthanasia training
- Bites and Neglect/Cruelty training
- PreExposure Rabies vaccine or current titer
- Defensive Driving Certificate
Note:The class specifications listed on this website are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.
For more information about this department please click here.- Training employees on the nonpublic facing aspects of shelter operations
Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities may be requested. If you need an accommodation during the application interview or testing process contact Human Resources at 770.822.7915 or This email is only for accommodation requests; for questions related to job postings use
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
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