Animal Care Technician

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Job Summary
Queen's University is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Part-time Animal Care Technician to work weekends and holidays (approximately 14 hours every other week) in Animal Care Services. Current students of an approved Veterinary Assistant or University Undergraduate program are welcome to apply.

Hourly Rate: $18.77/hour + 4% vacation pay = $19.52/hour

Opportunity Details:
Scheduled shifts, rotating every other weekend. Opportunity for additional hours during summer months and during the winter holidays.

Job Duties:

• Provide daily care and feeding for laboratory animals.

• Prepare and dispense the correct diet for specific species according to the animal's biological needs, using scales, volumetric devices and including sterilization procedure.

• Recognize deviations from normal health and behaviour, reporting any abnormalities to the Senior Technician or On-Call Veterinarian.

• Accurately identify, handle, and restrain animals during procedures or examinations.

• Must be aware of the basic principles of sterility, quarantining, conditioning, and epidemiological control.

• Handling and providing for the needs of special husbandry cases:
o Biohazards
o Sterile environment

• Lifting heavy animals and equipment e.g. bags of food, paper, cleaning fluids, caging, and food containers

• Providing animal treatments under veterinary guidance

• These skills are applied to the husbandry of common laboratory animals

Requirements:

• Special consideration to applicants that are current students enrolled in a Veterinary Technician / Technologist or Animal Health Technician / Technologist program.

• The incumbent must have a patient, humane, and caring attitude towards all animals, combined with the strength and knowledge to handle them successfully and are aware of the basic principles of sterility, quarantining, conditioning and epidemiological control.

• Initiative in carrying out assignments independently.

• Work effectively as part of the Animal Care Services team.

• Ability to lift 18 kg (40lbs)

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written

• Knowledge of the Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC), the Canadian Association for Laboratory Science (CALAS), the Animals for Research Act and the University Animal Care Committee is an asset.

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized persons, Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ persons. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.

The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources