- Category
- Education & Training
- Education
- A-levels / College
- Experience
- 1+ years
Salary: £15.34 per hour
Hours: Part time role covering weekends and holidays: 4 hours across each weekend (2 hours each day) + 18 hours each week over the holidays including weekends. There may be a requirement to work further hours where needed and is dependent on the needs and welfare of the animals.
Weeks: 52 Weeks per year
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of suitable applications is received.
Job Purpose:
We are seeking a reliable and enthusiastic Part-Time Animal Care Technician to support the care and welfare of animals within the college animal care unit during weekends and holiday periods when students are not on site.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring all animals remain healthy, safe, enriched, and well cared for, while maintaining high standards of hygiene and husbandry throughout the animal care facilities.
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• Prepare animal feeds and carry out daily feeding routines in line with animal care plans.
• Clean and maintain animal enclosures, housing, equipment, and associated areas to a high standard.
• Carry out routine animal health checks and observations, reporting any concerns promptly to the relevant staff member.
• Provide enrichment activities and positive animal interactions to promote animal welfare and wellbeing.
• Undertake regular animal handling to maintain animal confidence, socialisation, and habituation during periods when students are absent.
• Monitor and record environmental conditions, including temperature and humidity checks for reptile enclosures.
• Maintain accurate records relating to animal care, feeding, environmental monitoring, and health observations.
• Report any maintenance, welfare, behavioural, or health concerns appropriately.
• Ensure animal kitchens, preparation areas, and general animal care facilities are kept clean, organised, and hygienic.
• Follow all relevant health and safety, biosecurity, and animal welfare procedures at all times.
Other Duties
QAC employees may be expected to undertake designated emergency response duties as part of their role. This includes:
• Receiving appropriate training, instruction and information to carry out emergency procedures safely and effectively.
• Responding to emergency situations in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Supporting the organisation’s compliance with relevant Health and Safety legislation.
Please take time to review the job description attached.
Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
