Animal Technician

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Animal Technician for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Healthcare clients in San Francisco, CA .

Responsibilities :

The Animal Technician is responsible for the daily care of animals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Duties include changing cages and racks, delivering food and water in accordance to established procedures, maintaining equipment and animal housing areas according to standard operating procedures and federal and state regulations. Perform record keeping duties such as per-diems records, animal health surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, animal receipt and disposition logs and performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

1 year of animal handling or lab animal sanitation equipment operations experience required.

Ability to communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel, maintain legible records for permanent status. All assignments require some use of computer/email.

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.

Preferred Skills:

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 their assigned areas and to 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.

AALAS Assistant Laboratory Animal Medicine (ALAT).

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