Animal Health Technician

Summary The Ready Response Corps (RRC) is an APHIS-wide cadre dedicated to rapidly deploying in support of animal and plant health-related emergencies and all hazards' events to safeguard American agriculture. The Animal Health Technician performs emergency management response work, including deploying and performing response activities to stop the spread of animal diseases. Recruitment incentive may be authorized, but not guaranteed. Responsibilities The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. The duties may include, but are not limited to: Deploys to agricultural emergencies, primarily animal disease outbreaks to assist Veterinary Medical Officers (VMOs) with emergency response, containment, and mitigation risk reduction activities. At the direction of VMOs, helps coordinate emergency response depopulation activities with Incident Management ...