What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kennel Technician position at Bandits Stay and Play?
Summary
Bandits Stay And Play in Orem, UT is looking for an attentive, doting animal lover to join our kennel team to oversee the well-being of the animals in our care. Our ideal candidate is self-driven, adaptable, reliable, and is capable of remaining clear-minded in high-stress situations. To ensure success as a kennel technician, you should be able to anticipate and tend to the needs of animals. Ultimately, a top-notch kennel technician will be able to tailor their care according to animals' physical, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. Our Kennel team provides our animals with love, compassion, daily exercise and enrichment.
To qualify for this role, you must have a positive attitude and a genuine love for dogs and cats of all shapes and sizes. In this role, you do more than cleaning and disinfecting our kennels — you also learn animal care and behavior basics while assisting our team with feeding, training, and other animal care tasks. Having previous experience in a pet care environment or kennel management is a plus, but we will provide training to the right candidate. The position we are looking to fill varies from 11:00am to 9:00pm. This includes weekends. Holidays are mandatory.
Benefits & Perks
- We offer many great benefits, including free early access to your pay through Homebase.
- Free and discounted pet services
- Paid continued education opportunities
- Mental health days
- Options to bring your dog to work (all dogs must pass evaluation)
Responsibilities (This list of tasks is illustrative ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed; It does not imply that all Kennel Technicians perform all of the duties listed, nor does it necessarily list all possible duties that may be assigned.)
- To thoroughly clean and disinfect all animal areas on a daily basis.
- Responsible for daily feeding and monitoring eating habits of all animals.
- To observe animal appearance and activity for general physical condition, obvious signs of illness, disease and discontent.
- Report signs of illness, disease, injury or unusual activity to management.
- To utilize animal handling skills to provide a safe and friendly environment for the animals
- Exercise all dogs and to provide animal enrichment.
- Perform needed cleaning and maintenance of all equipment and tools used in job assignments.
- Wash/sterilize laundry and dishes
- Patrol grounds daily, picking up any trash and stool material.
- Communication between all team. members via Slack regarding overall animal health and well-being.
- Check clients in and out.
- Answer calls and texts
Qualifications
- Professional demeanor and good communication skills with the ability to work well with others in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrates strong organizational skills (record keeping, time management, follow up, etc.).
- Capacity to lift up to 50 pounds unaided.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal skills.
- Ability to create and foster a collaborative team environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and sense of urgency, ability to prioritize with an emphasis on quality and accuracy of work.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and reasoning ability.
- Ability to take direction, follow instructions accurately and accept constructive criticism.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Available to work during evenings, and on weekends and public holidays, if required.
Beneficial Skills & Experience
- General knowledge of animal health and welfare.
- Experience with animal handling and behavior.
- Prior animal shelter experience.
We are looking forward to reading your application!
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