Animal Technician - Slough, United Kingdom - Agenda Resource Management

Agenda Resource Management

Verified Company

Slough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a fixed term contract for 6 months.

All duties carried out will be in accordance with the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

Basic Requirements:

Animal Care Qualification Level 2 or higher is required
Previous experience working with animals in a laboratory environment
Experience performing husbandry duties, cleaning, feeding, and health checking rodents
Ability to carry out routine tasks and procedures under instruction and organise own daily tasks
Selfmotivated, flexible approach to work and to participate in weekend/cover rota
Excellent communication skills
Competency in use of standard office software
Minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent qualifications including Mathematics, English, and Science

Duties and Responsibilities:

Be a member of the team carrying out daytoday feeding, watering, cleaning, and general care of laboratory animals
Make observations, keep accurate records, and input data into computer programmes
Contribute towards the general cleaning and upkeep of the facility and monitor and record environmental conditions in specific areas as required
Use equipment in a safe and appropriate manner
Assist with other duties and responsibilities as required
Commit to the rota for weekend and Bank Holiday cover for the unit
Agenda and its clients only recruit people who are passionate about animal care and welfare, people with integrity who are honest and trustworthy and who have a great work ethic. To enable us to hire the very best people we will conduct a full and comprehensivebackground and preemployment screening as an essential part of the recruitment process._