Title:  Laboratory Animal Technician II

Summary

Under minimal supervision, provides skilled care and handling of laboratory animals in a safe and sanitary manner. Primary working areas include standard housing areas as well as specialized areas including but not limited to: non-human primate housing areas, biohazardous areas, animal colonies requiring specialized procedures.

Job Duties

• Conducts daily health checks and feeds and waters animals.
• Changes cages as scheduled and sanitizes housing areas.
• Maintains accurate colony records.
• Performs technical procedures such as: permanent animal identification, animal restraint and tissue biopsies.
• Receives animals into and transfers animals out of animal facility. Records and maintains extensive, accurate records for transfer activities.
• Establishes breeding cages and weans juvenile animals. 
• Receives, processes and fulfills internal purchase order request. 
• Coordinates with Primary Investigators and other staff to maintain colonies and achieve scientific objectives. 
• Communicates directly with stakeholders to convey detailed information and accurately achieve directives.
• Provide routine husbandry and other job related duties as assigned.
• Detailed record keeping and log documentation. 
• Ability to work independently with limited direct supervision.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Two years of relevant experience.
• Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS).  
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic computer skills (e.g. email, Excel, Word)