Animal Care Technician (Biomedical Research)
3 openings
Pay rate: $20-23.50/hour
Location: Farmington, CT
Hours: 40 hours/week, 7:00am-3:00pm but when rotating in the washroom 6:00am-2:30pm
Requirements:
- A high school diploma, GED diploma or 2 1/2 semesters of college credit and 6 months – 2 years of animal care experience directly related to the maintenance of the health and wellbeing of laboratory animals to include care, use, handling, and/or treatment of laboratory animals
- Certification by the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science at the level of Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician may be substituted for the General Experience plus
- Knowledge of animal care requirements, including animal facilities and husbandry regulations and basic animal disease problems and prevention techniques;
- Experience working in a medical laboratory
- Manual dexterity and physical ability sufficient for handling animals, feeds, supplies and equipment.