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Animal Caretaker

Village Edu Company
Bethesda, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 3/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/25/2026

Job Summary

The Animal Caretaker plays a crucial role in the daily care and management of animals, ensuring their health, safety, and well-being. You will be trained to properly handle and care for a wide variety of species including insects, tarantulas, reptiles, amphibians, and other invertebrates. The ideal candidate will be dedicated to providing high-quality care to animals and maintaining a clean and safe environment for the animals.

Duties

  • Provide daily care for animals (feeding, climate maintenance, handling, etc.)
  • Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of animal enclosures and facilities
  • Maintain care records
  • Engage in moderate lifting (<20lbs) tasks
  • Handle and acclimate animals

Skills

  • Reliability
  • Common sense
  • Good communication
  • Team Cooperation
  • Ability to comfortably handle various creatures.
  • Common sense
  • More common sense
  • Common sense.
  • More common sense.

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 5.0 – 20.0 per week

Application Question(s):

  • Do you have experience (personal or professional) caring for invertebrates and/or reptiles?
  • List the invertebrate/reptile species that you have cared for and the duration of time that they were under your care. Write N/A if you have never been responsible for the care of invertebrates/reptiles.

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25

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