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Canine Detection Handler
📍 Alabama Locations | 🕒 Full Time | 💵 $35.00/hour
Global K9 Protection Group LLC
Global K9 Protection Group LLC is seeking a dedicated and passionate Detection Canine Handlers to join our elite team. This role is essential to our mission of delivering world-class canine detection services to our clients across the country.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with a trained Elite Detection Canine to conduct searches at client sites (corporate buildings, loading docks, vehicles, open areas, etc.)
- Transport yourself and your canine to/from client locations using your personal vehicle
- House and care for your assigned canine when off duty
- Maintain accurate training records and documentation in GlobalView platform.
- Ensure up-to-date canine health records and monthly preventatives are maintained
- Liaise with client managers, law enforcement, and other stakeholders
- Be available for emergency response, demonstrations, and standby duty (including nights, weekends, and holidays)
- Follow all SOPs and SOWs during operational searches and training
What You Bring
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to canine welfare and operational excellence
- Ability to maintain accurate records and reports
- Flexibility to adapt to changing environments and schedules
Requirements
- Must have a dependable personal vehicle
- Must be able to house and care for a working canine
- Ability to perform tasks accurately with minimal oversight
- Willingness to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends
Why Join Us?
At Global K9 Protection Group, we’re more than a Canine company, we’re a team of professionals committed to excellence, innovation, and the highest standards of canine care and detection. Join us and be part of something meaningful.
Qualifications
Competencies:
- Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data
- Design - Demonstrates attention to detail
- Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully
- Interpersonal Skills – Is able to foster cooperation with the client and GK9PG staff; focus on resolving conflict, not blaming; maintains confidentiality. Gets along well with others
- Oral Communication - Listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions
- Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; is able to read and interpret written information
- Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; contributes to building a positive team spirit
- Professionalism - Accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality
- Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals
- Attendance/Punctuality – Is consistently at work on time
- Initiative - Takes independent actions and calculated risks; asks for and offers help when needed
Other Requirements:
- Be able to create, maintain and prepare records and reports
- Perform tasks with minimal oversight
- Identify problems, suggest solutions and respond to change with a high degree of attention to detail and foresight
Preference:
- Having own explosives detection floppy eared K9 with calm demeanor and ability to work in highly stimulating and/or distracting environments.
Salary : $35