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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Comparative Medicine, in Hershey, PA is seeking a part time animal caretaker.

• Sanitize animal facility caging and equipment by the use of operating cage washing equipment. 

• Maintain maintenance logs and daily temperature logs. 

• Set up, operate and service cage washing machines and sterilizing equipment as needed. 

• Load, unload and store food, bedding and other facility equipment. 

• Check cages and other equipment for needed repair. Clean and repair equipment for daily service such as cage washers, autoclaves, bottle filling stations, and bedding dispensers. 

• Assemble caging supplies with properly sterilized feed, bedding and water (acidified or autoclaved) in a manner that assures that they remain sterile throughout the handling process. 

• Follow standardized procedures; assure that animal waste is disposed of properly. 

• Provide animal related equipment to personnel to ensure appropriate schedules are maintained. 

• Maintain various records of supplies used for the purpose of cleaning, sanitizing, repairing and or dispensing of waste materials. 

• Comply with animal facility and Penn State Hershey medical center policies and standard operating procedures. 

• Maintain cage wash rooms, animal rooms and facility hallways in a clean state. 

• Operate battery powered cart and/or University motor vehicle (box truck/pickup truck) as necessary. 

• Comply with animal facility and Penn State College of Medicine policies and standard operating procedures. 

• Attend meeting and training sessions on all aspects of laboratory animal care and uses of animals in biomedical research as assigned by the management staff. 

• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. 

• Work with a variety of animals, including handling, restraint, feeding, watering and the general husbandry of the animals. 

• Change cages or pens following aseptic and conventional technician and ass