Animal Care Technician

4 weeks ago

Red Deer, Canada Red Deer College Full time

**Please see Special Instructions for more details.**:
This position will remain open until filled; however, reviews of applicants will begin on July 10th.

**Posting Details**:
Position Information

**Position Title**
- Animal Care Technician**Position Summary**- The Donald School of Business, Science and Computing offers industry-relevant programming across a breadth of credentials. We are responsive to the needs of employers and industry while promoting innovative learning and applied research environments that engage our leaners, our partners, and our communities.- Programs within the Donald School of Business, Science and Computing include:
- Administrative Professional Certificate
- Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
- Bachelor of Commerce - University Transfer
- Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering - University Transfer
- Business Certificate
- Business Diploma
- Computer Programming Diploma
- Human Resources Management Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Legal Assistant Diploma
- Machine Learning Analyst Diploma
- Skywings Aviation Diploma and Business Certificate
- University Sciences Diploma
- For further information contact:

- Olga Mameeva
- Lab Manager and Bio Safety Officer
- Phone: (403) 342-3142**Position Responsibilities**
- Provides animal care, daily monitors animals and logs all activities
- Performs daily feeding of specimens and weekly cleaning of their environments
- Supports teaching and research efforts, provides technical support to faculty, staff, and students
- Performs care and handling of animals in accordance with CCAC guidelines and RDP policies and procedures
- Ensure excellent record keeping of laboratories, laboratory equipment, supplies, and materials
- Conducts data analysis and writes reports as required
- Ensures a safe and healthy work environment by complying with institutional health and safety policies, standard practices, and programs in keeping with occupational health and safety legislation and regulations
- Practices good housekeeping in compliance with OHS
- Ensures safe storage of chemicals
- Establishes and maintains tidy labs, follow lab safety procedures, and make suggestions where necessary to keep all lab participants safe
- Carries out scheduled (monthly, weekly, and daily) testing of safety equipment
- Stores all chemicals according to WHMIS regulations
- Discards waste and biohazardous waste according to WHMIS and Biosafety regulations
- Ensures equipment is in working order, requests repairs when needed
- Ensures all materials that are needed for the labs and animals are in good supply, order and/or make more when needed

**Required Qualifications**
- Two (2) years of post-secondary training, completion of a community college certificate in Biological Technology Diploma or College Certificate with relevant accreditation
- Standard First Aid, Level C CPR and AED
- WHMIS
- Valid Driver’s License
- More than 6 months up to 1 year experience

**Preferred Qualifications**

**Salary or Hourly?**
- Hourly**Salary**
- Starting at $20.87 per hour**Benefits and Compensation Information**
- Red Deer Polytechnic offers a comprehensive benefits package including extended health and dental care through Blue Cross, access to a health spending account, pension plan, Employee & Family Assistance Program, generous vacation allotments, credit tuition waivers and opportunities for professional development funding. Additional time off due to Institution closures between Christmas and New Year general holidays.
- Eligibility to access the above mentioned benefits dependent upon the AUPE Collective Agreement and related RDP policies.

**About Red Deer Polytechnic**
- Focused on advancing the economic and social priorities of Alberta,
- **Red Deer Polytechnic** (RDP) provides more than 80 industry-relevant programs within a breadth of credentials to approximately 6,300 credit and apprenticeship students and 3,400+ learners with Extended Education programming. With modern teaching and learning spaces, and state-of-the-art research and innovation centres in advanced manufacturing and energy innovation, the Polytechnic provides applied research opportunities, leadership in the social, economic, and cultural development of Alberta, and myriad lifelong learning opportunities.
- Red Deer Polytechnic’s main campus is located on Treaty 7, Treaty 6 and Métis ancestral lands. This is where we will strive to honour and transform our relationships with one another.
- Whatever brings you to Red Deer Polytechnic, we are glad you are here. And we look forward to having you as a valued member of our
- **polytechnic community**.Posting Detail Information

**Competition Number**
- 2023-A-095**Employment Type**
- Permanent Part-Time**Number of Vacancies**

**Desired Start Date**
- 08/15/2023**Position End Date (if term-certain)**

**FTE**
- 0.5 FTE**Hours of Work**
- 17.5 hours a week. Normal working hours are between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, M

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