Animal Husbandry Tech - Immediate Hire - Paying up to 20.00/hr - Opportunity to progress into a laboratory role

Please email your resume and availability to chat to afroehlich@actalentscientific.com if interested!

Description:

Performing animal care and husbandry in a pre-clinical animal research facility

Responsible for the receipt of animals, proper identification, and placement of animals in appropriate housing units

Routine animal care consisting of feeding, watering, and cage and room cleaning

Animal restraint and handling, and perform animal identification and randomization

Perform and collect various study requirements per study protocols such as observations, food and water consumption, and body weight

Provide observations of animals for detection of disease or other health problems, and administer prescribed treatments to animals per guidelines

Assist the clinical veterinarian in physical examination and treatment of laboratory animals

Maintain support areas and supplies for laboratory animal resources

Maintain study support areas and procedure rooms, keeping them clean, stocked, and ready for use

Provide facilities sanitation and maintenance

Assist in the operation and maintenance of equipment such as cage and glassware washers, scales and balances

Maintain pertinent records in compliance with SOPs, USDA, FDA, and AAALAC regulations and guidelines

May assist with preparation of animal care summaries, ensuring compliance with protocol and regulatory requirements

May assist with various animal dosing techniques such as oral and IV administrations

Maintain all areas of the NHP colony including animal records, paperwork and documentation, ordering supplies, health and well-being of NHPs, acclimation, and quarantine procedures, receiving of new shipments of NHPs, physical exams, and body weights

Qualifications:

Experience working with animals or science degree

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