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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | Job Summary: |
| 2 | Job Summary: Under direction of the Animal Resources Supervisor or assigned lead, the Animal Technic | ||||
| > | ian (AT) has experience, training and is capable of performing all duties within the scope of the jo | ||||
| > | b description for Assistant Animal Technicians. Animal Technicians performs assigned duties in a man | ||||
| > | ner that achieves the LARC mission. Animal Technicians are expected to identify problems, remedy an | ||||
| > | d report them immediately. Animal Technicians must ensure the proper care and use of animals and An | ||||
| > | imal Technicians must be able to perform some technical procedures required within LARC or to suppor | ||||
| > | t the research effort. Department Summary: The Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) supports the | ||||
| > | research programs of the faculty by providing all services associated with the care and use of labo | ||||
| > | ratory animals including the purchasing/receiving, daily care and monitoring of the health of all sp | ||||
| > | ecies. The Animal Technician is responsible for the daily care of animals in accordance with appli | ||||
| > | cable laws and regulations. Duties include changing cages and racks, delivering food and water in | ||||
| > | accordance to established procedures, maintaining equipment and animal housing areas according to st | ||||
| > | andard operating procedures and federal and state regulations. Perform record keeping duties such as | ||||
| > | per-diems records, animal health surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, animal recei | ||||
| > | pt and disposition logs and performs other duties as assigned. LARC provides care for various speci | ||||
| > | es of laboratory animals housed in multiple LARC research facilities located throughout the city of | ||||
| > | San Francisco. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Under direction of the Animal Resources Supervisor or assigned lead, the Animal Technician (AT) has |
| > | experience, training and is capable of performing all duties within the scope of the job descriptio | ||||
| > | n for Assistant Animal Technicians. Animal Technicians performs assigned duties in a manner that ach | ||||
| > | ieves the LARC mission. Animal Technicians are expected to identify problems, remedy and report them | ||||
| > | immediately. Animal Technicians must ensure the proper care and use of animals and Animal Technicia | ||||
| > | ns must be able to perform some technical procedures required within LARC or to support the research | ||||
| > | effort. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications: - Graduation from high school/GED, completion of training equivalent to the | 4 | |||
| > | Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician certification of the AALAS, and one year of animal care expe | ||||
| > | rience; or high school graduation and two years of animal care experience in the care of an animal s | ||||
| > | pecies appropriate to the particular job; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; | ||||
| > | and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the po | ||||
| > | sition. - 1 year of animal handling or lab animal sanitation equipment operations experience require | ||||
| > | d. - Ability to communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel, maintain legible rec | ||||
| > | ords for permanent status. All assignments require some use of computer/email. - Satisfactory job pe | ||||
| > | rformance ratings at all times during probationary employment period. - Ability to follow instructio | ||||
| > | ns, work independently or in shared assignments with others. - Basic computer skills (e.g.,e/mail sk | ||||
| > | ills, ability to scan cage barcodes, sync PDA’s for submitting Health Surveillance Reports electroni | ||||
| > | cally, utilize email account for work-related communications, online training, MyTime timecard submi | ||||
| > | ssion). - Ability to follow work rules, including no eating or drinking in animal areas, no smoking | ||||
| > | at campus facilities. - Ability to bend, squat, kneel, stand, reach above shoulder level, and move o | ||||
| > | n hard surface for up to 7 hours/day. Ability to wear personal protective equipment as required; inc | ||||
| > | ludes protective clothing, protective glasses, safety shoes and gloves daily, face masks as required | ||||
| > | , respirator if assigned. - Ability to push and pull heavy objects and ability to safely move and or | ||||
| > | lift heavy loads (up to 50 pounds). - Demonstrated experience working under general supervision. - | ||||
| > | Complete and remain current in BRER training. - Complete Ergonomics training. - Complete Ethics trai | ||||
| > | ning. - Complete and remain current in Laboratory Safety for Researchers training. - Complete Facili | ||||
| > | ties Orientation for each assigned site. - Successful completion of ALAT in-house training curriculu | ||||
| > | m within one year of employment. Preferred Qualifications: - General knowledge of feeding, caging, a | ||||
| > | nd space requirements for multiple species of laboratory animals used in biomedical research. - Abil | ||||
| > | ity and skills needed to identify animal health concerns and regulatory compliance for their assigne | ||||
| > | d areas and to report conditions to veterinary staff, researchers, and compliance staff. - Full know | ||||
| > | ledge of disinfection, sanitation, and cleaning agents; knowledge and ability to use cage washers fo | ||||
| > | r cleaning and autoclaves for sterilization of cages. - General knowledge of federal and other licen | ||||
| > | sing agencies’ regulations. - AALAS Assistant Laboratory Animal Medicine (ALAT). | ||||
| 5 | Department Summary: | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| 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. The Animal Technician is responsibl | ||||
| > | e for the daily care of animals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Duties include c | ||||
| > | hanging cages and racks, delivering food and water in accordance to established procedures, maintain | ||||
| > | ing equipment and animal housing areas according to standard operating procedures and federal and st | ||||
| > | ate regulations. Perform record keeping duties such as per-diems records, animal health surveillance | ||||
| > | , feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, animal receipt and disposition logs and performs other dut | ||||
| > | ies as assigned. LARC provides care for various species of laboratory animals housed in multiple LAR | ||||
| > | C research facilities located throughout the city of San Francisco. | ||||