Animal Lab Technician I Center for Comparative Research

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Education & Experience

High school diploma/GED.

Certifications Licenses or Registration required: N/A

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Prior experience in cleaning or sanitation services / Familiarity husbandry of laboratory animals is preferred.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Basic knowledge of laboratory in caring for animals interpersonal skills. Verbal and written communication computer skills. Ability to operate sanitation equipment such as cage washer and floor scrubber.

Responsibilities

• Provides basic daily husbandry of laboratory animals to include observation of animals handling and restraint feeding and watering changing cages/racks and sanitizing animal quarters and equipment.
• Operates and/or uses equipment necessary to perform the husbandry duties such as cage washer; prepares and uses disinfecting and sanitizing solutions.
• Provides daily record keeping for animals and room environments as well as service records on racks and caging equipment.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

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Requires constant exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure blood borne pathogens fumes or airborne particles and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality constant bending constant lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds constant crouching/stooping constant kneeling constant pushing/pulling constant reaching occasional sitting constant standing constant twisting and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20% frequent-from 21% to 50% constant-51% or more)

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