Attendant: Animal Care - Full-Time

The Attendant: Animal Care is responsible for providing animal husbandry and cleaning of animal care facilities at the Ottawa Humane Society (OHS).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain animal health by ensuring daily feeding, watering, exercise, enrichment, and any special instructions are completed
• Clean and maintain animal care equipment and facilities
• Monitor the health and welfare of the animals and maintain up-to-date records
• Restrain animals for veterinary procedures
• Support the activities of volunteers, students and work placements and provide training and orientation as required
• Be thoroughly familiar with pertinent legislation, regulations, guidelines, OHS policies, procedures, collective agreement, and good animal care practices
• Produce and maintain accurate reports, records, and files
• Participate in supervision, evaluation, training and other meetings as required
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