Animal Technician - Outdoor Colony; ANML TCHN

Job Summary

Under supervision of the Animal Care Supervisor, perform routine animal care tasks in the outdoor animal colony with duties that include observing animals for abnormal behavior, health monitoring, feed animals, and clean outdoor animal field corral and enclosures. Provide basic animal care, technical and experimental assistance. Provide routine animal care, technical and experimental project support services and study support services to research Principal Investigators (PIs), which includes performing technical laboratory animal procedures requiring various levels of biohazard containment in the indoor nonhuman primate colony, such as monitoring and assessing health condition and technical procedures.

Works under minimal supervision in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, industry standards governing animal research (NIH/OLAW/AAALAC) and all safety procedures according to NIH standards and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Familiarity with regulations, guidelines, and policies to ensure that animals are provided appropriate care to promote physical and psychological well-being and minimize discomfort. Required to work with animals (nonhuman primates) that are either naturally or experimentally infected with potentially hazardous infectious agents such as HIV, SIV, Herpes B virus.

03/11/2026 by 11:59PM

• No minimum education required
• Six months to one year of relevant work experience in animal care performing husbandry duties;
  Experience in outdoor animal husbandry in performing animal care tasks such as having experience in the care, feeding, and handling of laboratory animals;
  Applied experience and ability to handle laboratory animals in a manner that avoids injury to self or animals, and to exercise basic principles of animal care related to disease control, pest control, sanitation and environmental enrichment;
  Experience to recognize changes in animal physical appearance or behavior, which includes the ability to recognize signs of illness or abnormality as well as to make accurate observations.
• Skills and ability to capture animals in a net within a half-acre enclosure on uneven terrain;
  Ability to work with animals involved in scientific research as well as the ability to be patient in handling them to help calm nervous or frightened animals during testing or if they are ill;
  Skills to accurately assessing the habits, behavior, and physical appearance of an animal is important to obtaining accurate research findings;
  Ability to describe and record observations, calculations, and findings clearly and accurately;
  Ability to have strong relationship skills to work effectively with scientists, research staff, and animal care staff, and others involved in animal research;
  Knowledge of the biology and physical characteristics of a wide variety of animals used in research and teaching.

• Animal Technician (ALAT) or Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) certifications. Eligible to obtain certification to be certified as a laboratory Animal Technician by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) within one year from date of hire.
• Experience in specialty area such as nonhuman primate facilities, barrier, hazard containment and animal facility. Experience handling and training nonhuman primates, including chair training, capture and physical restraint of macaques. Experience in Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) animal handling procedures, including infection control and containment, and Animal husbandry experience working with infectious animal housing.
• Knowledge of NIH, OLAW, USDA regulations and AALAS practices and Protocols pertaining to primate non-human animal models. Effective communications and active listening skills (written and oral) to convey and understand complex technical issues to Colony Management and academic research faculty and professionals that include skills in customer service and have a collaborative attitude.

• 60% - Routine Animal Care
• 15% - Records Maintenance
• 15% - Experimental Assistance
• 10% - Repair Modifications of Structures in the Outdoor Caging System

The California National Primate Research Center, CNPRC at UC Davis, is an Organized Research Unit that conducts interdisciplinary research programs on significant human health problems where non-human primates are the animal of choice. In addition to its major efforts in the area of research, the CNPRC is also committed to both UC Davis and NIH missions of teaching and service.

• Salary or Pay Range: $25.78/hr - $30.35/hr.
• Salary Frequency: Bi-weekly
• Salary Grade: STEPS
• UC
  
  Job Title:
  
  ANML TCHN
• UC Job Code: 009525
• Number of Positions: 1
• Appointment Type: Staff:
  Career
• Percentage of Time: 100%
• Shift (Work Schedule): Manager will advise
• Location: Davis, CA
• Union Representation: TX-Technical Professionals
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• This position is 100% on-site: Yes

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