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Axelon Services Corporation
Company : Axelon Services Corporation
Summary:
- Work Mode: Onsite
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Duration: 26 weeks
- 0730-1630. Start ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Provide daily care of animals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Perform animal care and room sanitation, including changing cages and racks, delivering food and water.
- Maintain equipment and animal housing areas according to standard operating procedures and federal and state regulations.
- Keep records such as per-diems records, animal health surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, and animal receipt and disposition logs.
- Identify, remedy, and report problems immediately.
- Perform technical procedures required within the Laboratory Animal Resource Center or to support the research effort.
Requirements:
- 1 year of animal handling or lab animal sanitation equipment operations experience required.
- 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.
- Ability to communicate animal health information to appropriate personnel and maintain legible records.
- Basic computer skills, including email and ability to scan cage barcodes.
- Ability to follow work rules, including no eating or drinking in animal areas, no smoking at campus facilities.
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment as required, including protective clothing, glasses, shoes, gloves, and face masks.
- Ability to push and pull heavy objects and safely move or lift heavy loads (up to 50 pounds).
Preferred Skills:
- General knowledge of feeding, caging, and space requirements for multiple species of laboratory animals used in biomedical research.
- Full knowledge of disinfection, sanitation, and cleaning agents; ability to use cage washers for cleaning and autoclaves for sterilization of cages.
- General knowledge of federal and other licensing agencies’ regulations.
- Ability to follow instructions, work independently or in shared assignments with others.
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