Animal Care Technicians - Aquatics Job Salt Lake City area,Utah USA,Education / Teaching

Animal Care Technicians

Location:

Campus

City:
Salt Lake City, UT

Pay Rate Range: $18 - $21.29

Standard Hours per Week: 40

Full Time:
Full Time

Shift: Day

Job Summary

Provides care for aquatic laboratory animals and their environment through animal husbandry and keeps records according to state, federal and university regulations.

Benefits

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

Food preparation and feeding

Tank cleaning

Dish washing

Careful adherence to research protocols

Maintains routine record keeping of such items as environmental conditions and animals inventory

Observes and communicates animal health conditions to lab personnel and notifies supervisor of abnormal conditions

Distributes supplies to various research areas

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT : 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Animal Care Technician, I: Requires little to no related experience.

Animal Care Technician, II: Requires at least 1 year of related experience.

Animal Care Technician, III : Requires 3+ years of related experience.

Preferences

Type Benefited Staff

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions.

Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at or or University Human Resource Management at if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.

Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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