Career - Animal Technician

Animal Technicians will perform daily checks and record the health status and behaviour of animals in their care and prepare food and water, and will provide care for laboratory, field or zoo animals. They will maintain zoo exhibits, holding or breeding areas and equipment and assist in return-to-the-wild and animal enrichment programs. They will carry out experiments using animals, recording the results under supervision and according to relevant codes of practice and the organisation's animal experimentation ethics committee rules. They will examine animals and take samples of their body fluids, faeces or tissue for analysis or veterinary inspection and observe animals' reactions to tests. They will make routine calculations, such as drug dosage, and prepare graphs and clean and disinfect cages and facilities, and sterilise equipment. They will work under supervision to establish and maintain breeding programs and assist with fertility testing for sheep, cattle or poultry research. Technicians will assist in the selection and grading of animals for breeding programs and help with injections, surgery, dressings and care of animals after operations and also euthanise animals humanely (under supervision) and handle animals that have died.

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