19 Oct
Aquatarium
Brockville
Position Title: Animal Care Technician (Permanent - Part Time)
Reporting To: Curator of Animal Husbandry
Position Summary
The Animal Husbandry team is responsible for caring for a 27,000 ft² interactive educational facility that includes a diverse animal collection of fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and mammals. The focus of this position is to learn and participate in the daily care of the animals to ensure they receive everything they need to thrive. This includes monitoring water quality and temperature, cleaning exhibits, participating in educational presentations, observing animal behavior, providing enrichment activities, and preparing and distributing diets each day.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Demonstrate commitment to the Aquatarium’s vision, mission, and values.
- Demonstrate commitment to the Animal Husbandry’s Code of Conduct.
- Follow protocols for animal care including, but not limited to, diets, diet administration, behavioral conditioning, recordkeeping, cleaning, exhibit maintenance, health, and safety.
- Ensure all work areas and exhibits are kept clean and organized.
- Daily animal observations.
- Participate in the collection of data and data entry.
- Participate in interactive presentations including public speaking.
- Deliver extraordinary customer service to all guests, donors, and volunteers to ensure a positive experience.
- Assist in fulfilling requests for other departmental programming, guest interactions, and special requests as needed and assigned.
- Assist with animal collection and acquisition activities as required.
- Able to follow direction.
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing.
- Participate in other duties as assigned.
Education
Post Secondary education related to Biology, Chemistry, Animal Care, or Environmental Sciences.
Requirements
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to follow directions effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team setting.
- Proficient computer skills using Microsoft Office Suites.
- This position may call for special scheduling and overtime needed, sometimes without much notice.
- Must be able to work weekends and holidays.
- Must have good hearing, vision, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with hand and power tools.
- Ability to bend, crouch, kneel, work at heights, climb, and lift and carry 50 lbs.
- Animal care experience is required.
Certifications
- Must possess a valid driver’s license.
- Must possess or be able to obtain Aerial work platform certification.
- Must possess or be able to obtain Fall Protection certification.
- Must possess or be able to obtain Standard First Aid and CPR C.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $17.20 per hour
Expected hours: 24 – 32 per week
Benefits:
- Store discount.
Flexible language requirement:
- French not required.
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift.
- Day shift.
- Holidays.
- Monday to Friday.
- Weekends as needed.
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Brockville, ON:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required).
Experience:
- Animal Husbandry: 1 year (preferred).
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 2024-10-18
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▶️ Animal Care Technician
🖊️ Aquatarium
📍 Brockville