Animal Care Technician
Location
Irving, Texas, United States
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full Time
Experience
0-2 years
Compensation
$37.8K - $49.8K per year
Posted
6h ago
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Role overview
Summary
Duties include cleaning animal enclosures and maintaining animal shelter facilities, grounds and the incinerator; handling, caring for, feeding and restraining animals; and vaccinating, microchipping, administering medication, and drawing blood for animal health checks. The role also involves customer service, processing adoptions and registrations, maintaining records, and performing euthanasia.
Duties include cleaning animal enclosures and maintaining animal shelter facilities, grounds and the incinerator; handling, caring for, feeding and restraining animals; and vaccinating, microchipping, administering medication, and drawing blood for animal health checks. Duties also include answering the telephone and assisting customers in person and via email; working with animal rescue groups; processing adoptions, transfers, reclaims and city registrations; providing guidance to community service workers and volunteers; maintaining daily / monthly records, and entering accurate and complete information in and retrieving data from a specialized database system; and performing euthanasia. Duties will require exceptional customer service skills and typically will require lifting up to 50 pounds frequently. A high school diploma or equivalent required. No experience necessary but prior relevant experience and bilingual (English / Spanish) skills beneficial. Must have or obtain euthanasia certification within six months from date of hire. Normally scheduled five days per week, eight hours per day, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. A résumé must be submitted with application. Starting pay for this position is Pay Grade GG09 Step 3, $18.17 per hour.
PAY GRADE GG09 / FULL PAY RANGE $18.17- $23.93 PER HOUR
Updated 6h ago
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0-2 years
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Employment
Full Time
Contract duration
Permanent
Hiring type
Direct
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Compensation
$37.8K - $49.8K per year
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Company
City of Irving
Team size
Growing team
Location
Irving, Texas, United States
Irving Animal Services is a division of the Irving Police Department, and it maintains a safe and secure city by providing a healthy environment for humans and animals living in Irving. In 2010, the City of Irving constructed a 26,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Animal Care Campus that includes cat condos with window views, a dog park and spacious kennels. The campus is shared with DFW Humane Society.
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Animal Care Technician
Irving, Texas, United States • Full Time