Animal Care Technician

Animal Care/Maintenance Technician needed to provide direct daily care to univserity owned animals to include preparing for NAS and CVM student labs, feeding, watering, and cleaning. Grounds maintenance to include mowing, weed control, fence repair, and general upkeep.

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Minimum 1 year experience working with horses and ability to work safely in animal areas. Experience safely catching, leading, and restraining horses.

- Ability to recognize sick and/or injured animals.

- Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and professionally both written and orally.

- Ability to interpret and understand farm practices as well as all procedures, manuals, safety regulations, directives, and other work-related document.

- Ability to clean, sanitize, and maintain facilities.

- Ability to observe equine appearance and behavior, and report subtle differences, abnormalities, Experience operating vehicles and equipment such as UTVs, pickup trucks, tractors, front-end loaders.

- Experience performing minor repair work such as basic plumbing, carptenry, fence repair, small gasoline engine repair, automotive repair, and diesel engine repair.

- Experience using hand tools, power tools, and landscaping equipment such as string trimmers, leaf blowers, and zero turn mowers.

Valid NC Driver's license

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