Animal Control Shelter Attendant – Department OF General Government Careers

Overview

Position Title:Animal Control Shelter Attendant

Company:City Of Abilene Texas

Location:Abilene, TX

Job Description:

Under general supervision, to perform a variety of duties involved in the constant cleanliness of cages, runs, and shelter areas to include feeding, watering, and handling of animals at the animal shelter.

Responsibilities:

• Operate a variety of animal equipment and tools including control pole, lead rope, portable cage, euthanasia materials, and cleaning apparatus.
• Materials, methods, and practices used in cleaning operations.
• Controlling/handling individual animal temperament to gain animal confidence when restraining them for transport, grooming, and/or treatment.
• Computer data entry operations.
• Perform data entry into computer database and to query the database for information.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, both internally and externally.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Follow and embrace the City of Abilene Core Values – Respect, Integrity, Service Above Self, and
• Excellence in All We Do.
• Common diseases, their symptoms, means of transmission.
• Learn occupational hazards and standard safety precautions in handling animals.
• Operate office equipment, including computer equipment.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Provide professional customer service.
• Restrain animals for procedures performed by the technicians or veterinarian.
• Listen, evaluate and understand the needs of customers when matching adoptable animals with the customer.
• Prepare and maintain routine records.
• Domestic animal and livestock behaviors.
• Effectively interact with animals and humans to make reclamation and adoption of animals.

Requirements:

• Essential duties require the following physical skills and work environment:
• May be required to use strength and/or agility in capturing and restraining stronger, more active animals.
• Frequently work in a bent over position.
• With or without accommodation, ability to lift up to 50 pounds and team lift up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to work closely with all types of domestic animals.
• Exposure to bites, scratches, and animal wastes.
• Exposure to unpleasant odors, cold, heat, noise, outdoors, vibration, and chemicals.
• Walking and/or standing for extended periods of time.
• Ability to sit, stand, kneel, crouch, stoop, squat, crawl, twist, and climb.