Animal Care Technician (ACE)

Job description

Job Description This position involves caring for animals in the Animal Care for Education (ACE) program at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. The Animal Care for Education (ACE) team provides exceptional husbandry, medical care, and enrichment to the non-client owned animals used in the veterinary college's veterinary teaching program. Husbandry & Enrichment-: The care and wellbeing of the animals is the primary focus of this job. The position also assists with implementing veterinary instruction including providing technical support and instruction for students while in animal care areas. Duties include cleaning, grooming, feeding, watering and general husbandry for all animals in the program (primarily farm animals with potential for some dogs, and cats). The position also involves utilization and tracking of supply and equipment needs in support of the animal care. This may include transportation of animals by trailer, driving a tractor, mower or skid steer (prior experience with these skills is not required, training can be provided). Tracking supply needs, identifying equipment and facility dysfunctions and reporting to a supervisor for ordering and repair will...