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| 2 | JOB SUMMARY: Principal Animal Technician's duties may cover any species of animal and provide the sa | ||||
| > | me basic husbandry duties that would relate to the needs of that species. In addition to all of the | ||||
| > | duties assignable to an Animal Technician. In addition to routine husbandry tasks (changing cages a | ||||
| > | nd racks, delivering food and water in accordance to established procedures, maintaining equipment a | ||||
| > | nd animal housing areas according to standard operating procedures and federal and state regulations | ||||
| > | ), the Principal Animal Technician (PAT) is responsible for providing oversight of limited technical | ||||
| > | and environmental control activities in distinct animal care areas. The principal technician typica | ||||
| > | lly oversees the daily work activities of a group of three or more FTE animal care personnel and wil | ||||
| > | l evaluate employee performance with the area supervisor/manager (who conducts the review). The PAT | ||||
| > | recommends employment and termination decisions of staff. The principal technician is responsible f | ||||
| > | or training staff members and may provide facility trainings to laboratory staff. In addition, the P | ||||
| > | AT initiates and arranges orders and transfers of animals, supplies and equipment as needed for the | ||||
| > | specific animal care site. The PAT is also responsible for ensuring compliance with occupational hea | ||||
| > | lth and safety regulations and reviews all area operations and records and performs other related du | ||||
| > | ties as required. The PAT may also head projects that require a higher level of technical skill (e.g | ||||
| > | . design, construct coordinate animal enrichment, breeding and colony management, knowledge of quara | ||||
| > | ntine procedures, administer treatments, and perform paraveterinary procedures). The PAT is respon | ||||
| > | sible for being familiar with and performing technical duties as well as data entry required for the | ||||
| > | management of mouse breeding colonies and other species as assigned. Technical duties include provi | ||||
| > | ding oral or injectable doses, taking temperatures, heart rate, assessing behavior/attitude, animal | ||||
| > | identification by tattoo/ear notch/ear tag, weaning, euthanasia, blood collection, tissue collection | ||||
| > | for genotyping, and other duties as assigned. Record keeping duties include maintaining per-diems r | ||||
| > | ecords, animal health surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, animal receipt and dispo | ||||
| > | sition logs, submitting daily electronic reports, entering data into a central breeding colony manag | ||||
| > | ement database, maintaining a project history log, and keeping thorough records to track breeding/pe | ||||
| > | digree of mice bred if applicable to the assignment. The Principal Animal Technician works with min | ||||
| > | imal supervision and may be rotated as a floater to various LARC locations to provide technical or b | ||||
| > | ack-up assistance on an as needed basis. DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: The Laboratory Animal Resource Center ( | ||||
| > | LARC) supports the research programs of the faculty by providing all services associated with the ca | ||||
| > | re and use of laboratory animals including the purchasing/receiving, daily care and monitoring of th | ||||
| > | e health of all species and acts as a facility leader. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Principal Animal Technician's duties may cover any species of animal and provide the same basic hus |
| > | bandry duties that would relate to the needs of that species. In addition to all of the duties assig | ||||
| > | nable to an Animal Technician. In addition to routine husbandry tasks (changing cages and racks, del | ||||
| > | ivering food and water in accordance to established procedures, maintaining equipment and animal hou | ||||
| > | sing areas according to standard operating procedures and federal and state regulations), the Princi | ||||
| > | pal Animal Technician (PAT) is responsible for providing oversight of limited technical and environm | ||||
| > | ental control activities in distinct animal care areas. The principal technician typically oversees | ||||
| > | the daily work activities of a group of three or more FTE animal care personnel and will evaluate em | ||||
| > | ployee performance with the area supervisor/manager (who conducts the review). The PAT recommends em | ||||
| > | ployment and termination decisions of staff. The principal technician is responsible for training st | ||||
| > | aff members and may provide facility trainings to laboratory staff. In addition, the PAT initiates a | ||||
| > | nd arranges orders and transfers of animals, supplies and equipment as needed for the specific anima | ||||
| > | l care site. The PAT is also responsible for ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety | ||||
| > | regulations and reviews all area operations and records and performs other related duties as requir | ||||
| > | ed. The PAT may also head projects that require a higher level of technical skill (e.g. design, cons | ||||
| > | truct coordinate animal enrichment, breeding and colony management, knowledge of quarantine procedur | ||||
| > | es, administer treatments, and perform paraveterinary procedures). The PAT is responsible for being | ||||
| > | familiar with and performing technical duties as well as data entry required for the management of m | ||||
| > | ouse breeding colonies and other species as assigned. Technical duties include providing oral or inj | ||||
| > | ectable doses, taking temperatures, heart rate, assessing behavior/attitude, animal identification b | ||||
| > | y tattoo/ear notch/ear tag, weaning, euthanasia, blood collection, tissue collection for genotyping, | ||||
| > | and other duties as assigned. Record keeping duties include maintaining per-diems records, animal h | ||||
| > | ealth surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, animal receipt and disposition logs, sub | ||||
| > | mitting daily electronic reports, entering data into a central breeding colony management database, | ||||
| > | maintaining a project history log, and keeping thorough records to track breeding/pedigree of mice b | ||||
| > | red if applicable to the assignment. The Principal Animal Technician works with minimal supervision | ||||
| > | and may be rotated as a floater to various LARC locations to provide technical or back-up assistance | ||||
| > | on an as needed basis. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications: - Demonstrated experience working under minimal supervision. - Graduation f | 4 | |||
| > | rom high school, completion of training equivalent to the Laboratory Animal Technologist certificati | ||||
| > | on of the AALAS, and three years of related animal care experience with demonstrated supervisory abi | ||||
| > | lity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge and abilities essentia | ||||
| > | l to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position - Complete Ergonomics trainin | ||||
| > | g - Complete Ethics training - Complete and remain current in BRER training. - Complete and remain c | ||||
| > | urrent in Laboratory Safety for Researchers training. - Complete Facilities Orientation assigned sit | ||||
| > | e. for each - Incumbent has strong knowledge of feeding, caging, and space requirements for multiple | ||||
| > | species of laboratory animals used in biomedical research and the ability to assist training new hi | ||||
| > | res in these areas - Ability to read, write and verbalize in English and maintain legible records fo | ||||
| > | r permanent status and communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel - Computer com | ||||
| > | petency required; Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and ability to learn and use web based s | ||||
| > | oftware for data entry and/or on line training - Have knowledge of federal and other licensing agenc | ||||
| > | ies’ regulations - Ability to recognize sick animals, report conditions to veterinary staff and assi | ||||
| > | st with their treatment - Full knowledge of disinfection, sanitation and cleaning agents, knowledge | ||||
| > | and ability to use cage-washers for cleaning and autoclaves for sterilization of cages - Satisfactor | ||||
| > | y job performance ratings at all times during probationary employment period - Ability to follow ins | ||||
| > | tructions, work independently or in shared assignments with others; Ability to explain routine work | ||||
| > | assignments to others including schedules, policies and best practices using positive communication | ||||
| > | (verbal and written) - Ability to bend, squat, kneel, stand, reach above shoulder level, and move on | ||||
| > | hard surface for up to 7 hours/day | ||||
| 5 | DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: | ||||
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| 7 | The Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) supports the research programs of the faculty by provi | ||||
| > | ding all services associated with the care and use of laboratory animals including the purchasing/re | ||||
| > | ceiving, daily care and monitoring of the health of all species and acts as a facility leader. | ||||