JOB
About the City: The Charles Paddock Zoo is a small, 5-acre AZA accredited zoological facility located in and managed by the City of Atascadero, which is a beautiful California central coast community located in San Luis Obispo County. We have a population of 30,000 residing in an area just under 27 square miles. Our community is a great place to live, work and raise a family! We are situated along Highway 101, halfway between the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The community is located in the Paso Robles wine region and is a short 20-minute drive to the beach and Highway 1. We are within a three-hour drive to Yosemite National Park and two hours to Monterey or Carmel. For those that enjoy the outdoors, we are close to four local lakes, a national forest and endless hiking and biking trails. The City of Atascadero is excited to offer a part-time Zookeeper position. Please apply today to join the team at the Charles Paddock Zoo! The Charles Paddock Zoo is home to hundreds of animal species from around the world. Many of the zoo residents are part of globally managed programs to preserve animals and their habitats. The Charles Paddock Zoo is truly dedicated to the conservation of local and exotic species. Description of Duties: To perform routine animal husbandry work in support of the activities and operations of Charles Paddock Zoo; to include but not limited to cleaning, feeding, and daily maintenance of zoo animals. Positions in this classification may be assigned to all areas of the zoo, may be assigned to perform work at the zoo or other city functions or events, and/or may be assigned to a specific section. This job class functions at an entry-level of classification. As knowledge, background, and skills increase, promotion to the next higher classification may be reasonably expected.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Performs a variety of facility and exhibit maintenance tasks to include feeding, cleaning of exhibits, performing routine animal husbandry, and other keeper maintenance duties.Assists staff in animal care and restraint.Assists Curator of Education with animal presentations to groups.Maintains assigned areas, facilities, and equipment in clean and orderly condition.May operate small-to-medium sized automotive or specialized equipment related to assignment. Assists in more complex and specialized maintenance of exhibit and off-exhibit areas appropriate to assignment. Learns the operation of large and specialized equipment as assigned.Assists in maintaining animal records related to duties performed.Assists staff in behavioral enrichment of animal collection.Assists staff and veterinarian with medical procedures.Prepares animal diets.Performs related duties similar to the above in scope and function, as required.Helps maintain zoo grounds, sets up and supports special events.Locks and unlocks doors and gates to ensure security of zoo buildings, grounds and related areas.Interacts with zoo visitors on educational or Zoo issues.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The work environment characteristics described here are representatives of those a Zoo employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, or airborne particles. The employee will be working with or near potentially dangerous animals. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally moderate-to-loud in the field.