Abacus
Job Location : Norfolk,VA, USA
Posted on : 2025-08-09T18:27:53Z
Job Description :
Job Duties:
- Cleans and maintains animal enclosures in a sanitary manner.
- Maintains overall shelter organization and cleanliness throughout the workday.
- Ensures that outside walkways and runs are clean.
- Provides the highest quality animal care through feeding, watering, socializing, and offering various forms of enrichment.
- Observes animals for signs of illness; monitors sick or injured animals and assists with vet-prescribed treatment.
- Assists the public with animal surrender or locating a lost pet.
- Assists the public with selecting a companion for adoption.
- Requires ability to read and understand standard operating procedures.
- Ability to stand for long periods; to bend, crouch, and/or kneel repeatedly; to lift and carry a minimum 50 pounds.
- Ability to read adoption contracts, registration cards, cage or kennel cards, and medical sheets or prescription dosage on medications for the animals.
- Ability to write adoption contracts, quarantine and euthanasia paperwork, complete registration cards and time slips.
- Ability to perform general math calculations.
Requirements:
- Associate's degree in veterinary technology, Veterinary Science, Animal Care, or a closely related field.
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