Non-clinical - Veterinary Services​/Animal Technician San Francisco, CA

Animal Technician – Veterinary Services

Location:

The Sandler Neuroscience Building, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, San Francisco, CA 94158

Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 0600 – 1500

Duration: ASAP (as soon as compliance is cleared) for 26 weeks

Animal care and room sanitation, animal health, record keeping, maintenance, and animal husbandry.

• 1 year of animal handling or lab animal sanitation equipment operations experience required.
• Ability to communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel and maintain legible records for permanent status; all assignments require some use of computer/email.
• General knowledge of feeding, caging, and space requirements for multiple species of laboratory animals used in biomedical research.
• Ability and skills needed to identify animal health concerns and regulatory compliance for assigned areas and report conditions to veterinary staff, researchers, and compliance staff.
• Full knowledge of disinfection, sanitation, and cleaning agents; knowledge and ability to use cage washers for cleaning and autoclaves for sterilization of cages.
• General knowledge of federal and other licensing agencies regulations.
• Satisfactory job performance ratings at all times during probationary employment period.
• Ability to follow instructions, work independently or in shared assignments with others.
• Basic computer skills (e.g., e-mail skills, ability to scan cage barcodes, sync PDAs for submitting Health Surveillance Reports electronically, utilize email account for work-related communications, online training, HBS timesheet submission).
• Ability to follow work rules, including no eating or drinking in animal areas and no smoking at campus facilities.
• Ability to bend, squat, kneel, stand, reach above shoulder level, and move on hard surface for up to 7 hours/day.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment as required; includes protective clothing, protective glasses, safety shoes and gloves daily, face masks as required, respirator if assigned.
• Ability to push and pull heavy objects and safely move and/or lift heavy loads (up to 50 pounds).

• Graduation from high school/GED, completion of training equivalent to the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician certification of the AALAS, and one year of animal care experience; OR high school graduation and two years of animal care experience in the care of an animal species appropriate to the particular job; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.