ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN

About the role

This is the first of five levels in the Animal Care series. Incumbents clean and sanitize the animal shelter and provide care to the animals.

Responsibilities

• Cares for animals, which includes: cleaning and disinfecting animal holding areas; maintaining facility aesthetics; feeding, watering, and grooming animals; opening and closing facilities; monitoring animals for illness, disease, and/or injury; evaluating animals for adoption potential; socializing animals in custody; administering vaccines and oral dewormers; microchipping animals; and/or performing other related activities.
• Participates in euthanizing animals, which includes: injecting animals with applicable serums; performing surgical decapitation of deceased animals for rabies testing; transporting carcasses of deceased animals to landfill for disposal; incinerating animals as requested; and cleaning the incinerator.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of files, records, reports, agreements, logs, adoption records and forms, and/or other related information.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.); or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.
• Licensing Requirements: Valid driver's license as per State law or requirement.

Qualifications

• Knowledge: Customer service principles; Basic animal handling techniques and applications; Basic animal care and nutrition requirements; Basic animal anatomy; Cleaning and sanitizing methods; Recordkeeping practices; Computers and related software applications.
• Skills: Caring for animals; Cleaning and sanitizing animal holding areas; Observing and documenting animal behavior; Identifying sick animals; Handling animals; Preparing and maintaining records and reports; Using computers and related software applications; Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Benefits

• Funeral Leave, Civil Leave (Jury Duty), and Military Leave
• Vacation with pay begins accruing from date of employment.
• Sick leave begins accruing from the date of employment.
• Other Paid Leave
• Retirement: Employees are required to participate in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of La. (Plan A) upon date of employment.
• Deferred Compensation: A supplemental tax-free retirement account is offered through Nationwide Retirement Solutions. Contribution is the responsibility of the employee via payroll deduction.
• Solutions Counseling and EAP: Free professional help with personal problems for Calcasieu Parish Police Jury employees and their families.
• Employee Fitness Program: The Parish pays an employee fitness allowance toward a fitness facility membership. Allowance is dependent upon employee attending their selected fitness program at least 8 times per month.
• ONSITE MEDICAL CLINIC: Health Connection, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury's onsite medical clinic, provides office visits for a $5.00 co-pay to employees and their Calcasieu Parish Police Jury insured dependents.
• LIFE INSURANCE: Basic Life and AD & D - $10,000 Life and AD & D coverage for the employee is included with the health insurance at no cost to the employee. Supplemental Life and AD & DEmployee can purchase term additional Life/AD & D in increments of $10,000 up to a maximum of $500,000.Term Life/AD & D is also available for an employee's spouse and eligible dependents.
• Major Medical: Major medical insurance is offered for employees with options to add family to the major medical plan.