Animal Technician III

Job Description

Job Summary:

• Responsible for performing high level of animal handing, dosing, sample collections and data recordings.
• Contribute technical assistance to research projects in the client rodent facility.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Dosing animals with different route of administration including PO, IP, and SC.
• Performs and records daily food and health checks on various pharmacology studies.
• Performs post-procedural and post-surgical monitoring.
• Performs sample and data collection.
• Performs necropsy and tissue collection.
• Receives and maintains adequate stock of animal care and research supplies.
• Technical assistance with injections administration.
• Ability to review, comprehend and comply with all standard operation procedures (SOPs) and quality assurance standards pertaining to laboratory animals.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years experience in animal science / lab support.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Hands on experience in rodent animal handling and in-life measurements.
• Hands on experience with bleeding and sample collection.
• Experience in animal anesthesia and euthanasia.

Requirements:

• Hands on experience in rodent animal handling and in-life measurements.
• Hands on experience with bleeding and sample collection.
• Dosing animals with different route of administration including PO, IP, and SC.