Animal Care Technician - Comparative Medicine

• Responsible to and receives primary direction from animal facility supervisors. 
• Responsible to and works collaborative with veterinary technologists, operations manager, veterinary consultants and the research administrator.
• Performs the necessary duties to provide quality care to all animals utilized in research including animal husbandry activities such as feeding, watering, sanitation, observation, room cleaning, and other duties as assigned.

 

***Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.  This position is not eligible for F-1 OPT STEM extension.***

• Requires a minimum of a high school diploma.

 

Additional Qualifications

• Must be able to assume responsibility, work independently, without close supervision, and cooperatively with other animal care technicians. 
• Must be able to carefully follow set procedures as dictated by the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Animals, the Animal Welfare Act and guidelines established by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care. 
• Must have above average manual dexterity, stand on feet more than 50% of the time, be able to lift 50 pounds, bend or squat routinely, and work with arms above shoulder level.
• 1 to 2 years animal handling preferred.

 

License or Certification

• Incumbent is recommended to be certified by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science after 2 years' experience on the job as an Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT).

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