What are the responsibilities and job description for the Animal Care Technician position at Integrated Resources, Inc ( IRI )?
Job Title: Animal Care Technician
Location: Wilmington, MA
Duration: Temporary 3-4 months (possibility of conversion)
Schedule: Monday -Thursday (6:00 AM- 3:00 PM) and Friday (6:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Note: Must have 6 months or more of general working experience. will train on animal care.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Has substantial understanding and knowledge to perform husbandry tasks, including supplying food,bedding, water and environmental enrichment.
- Proficient at maintaining rat and mouse colonies, including setting up matings, weaning and sexing of offspring, genetic sampling of animals, processing samples and other technical tasks as required.
- Proficient at handling rodents (mice and rats), including restraining of animals for collection of fecal pellets,ear/tail sampling as well as tagging animals for identification.
- Has substantial understanding and knowledge to observe animals for any abnormalities or common health issues.
- Has substantial understanding and knowledge to identify and select specific animals for customer shipments,genotyping, health monitoring, matings, transfers or other various tasks as needed.
- Learn, understand, and comply with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Able to complete new processes/tasks with minimal instruction.
- Strictly follow all animal welfare standards and biosecurity procedures necessary to maintain isolator integrity and animal health status, including the proper sterilization and entry of supplies/animals into isolators.
- Workload contains complex projects and requires judgement in resolving issues and/or in making recommendations.
- Be detailed-oriented and enter accurate data entry into Internet Colony Management(ICM).
- Ensure compliance with all local, state and federal laws governing the use of research animals.
- Ability to collaborate with others to train and mentor on knowledge and skills learned.
- Ability to self-organize, plan and execute daily tasks.
- Perform general housekeeping and adhere to EHS, safety, and ergonomic procedures.
- Has substantial understanding of using general computer skills and ability to quickly learn and master required computer programs, databases and other applications (i.e. ICM and Microsoft Office)
- Engage in studies, special projects, efficiency improvements, engagement opportunities, etc.
- Identify issues and recommend potential solutions to management.
- Able to effectively apply and incorporate into day-to-day work.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
To qualify for this role, candidates must have one of the following combinations of educations/experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree (B.A./B.S.) plus a minimum of 0-1 years of related experience.
- Associate’s Degree (A.A./A.S.) plus a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience.
- High School diploma or GED plus a minimum of 2-4 years related experience.
- Competent with using a tablet computer for data entry and communication (emails, IM’s, etc).
- The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.