Compensation Type: Hourly
Compensation: $17.22
The Kennel Assistant is responsible for the daily operation, care,
and maintenance of the Veterinary Technology program's animal care
facilities. This position provides direct support for the health,
welfare, and enrichment of program animals through daily cleaning
of dog runs and cat cages, feeding animals, administering
prescribed medications, monitoring animal health and well-being,
and ensuring a clean, safe, and humane environment. The Kennel
Assistant assists students with animal handling activities,
including exercise, grooming, enrichment, and patient care
experiences that support instructional objectives. This role
maintains kennel operations by completing laundry generated through
animal care and classroom activities, keeping food preparation
areas and kennel hallways clean and organized, ordering food and
supplies, maintaining inventories, and ensuring compliance with
applicable safety and regulatory requirements. The Kennel Assistant
works closely with faculty, staff, and students to support
instructional and clinical learning experiences while promoting the
highest standards of animal care and facility management.
Program Support
- Cleans and sanitizes dog runs, cat cages, kennel hallways, food
preparation areas, and associated animal care facilities.
Feeds animals according to established protocols and
schedules.
Administers prescribed medications to dogs and cats and
maintaining appropriate records as required.
Monitors animal health, behavior, and welfare; reporting
concerns or changes in condition to faculty, veterinarians, or
supervisors.
Assists students with animal handling, exercising, grooming,
enrichment activities, and patient care experiences that support
instructional objectives.
Assists with patient animal care teams learning
experiences.
Walks, feeds, transports, handles, and provides basic care for
animals while ensuring humane treatment practices.
Provides environmental enrichment for the animals in the
kennel.
Completes laundry generated through kennel operations, grooming
activities, and classroom use.
Works with faculty, staff, students, and other College
departments to facilitate smooth kennel operations.
Maintains logs, records, and required documentation in
compliance with applicable federal, state, College, and program
regulations.
Provides guidance and training to student employees and assists
with safe animal handling procedures.
Monitors compliance with safety procedures and reporting safety
concerns to the supervisor or Department Chair.
Lab Inventory & Facilities
- Maintains kennel and associated storage areas.
- Orders food, supplies and materials, as needed.
- Completes training needed to update inventory spreadsheets for
purchasing procedures.
- Reports any equipment malfunction and maintains the general
operating of equipment, including routine maintenance.
- Assists to maintain logs of equipment preventative maintenance;
and assists to arrange for vendor maintenance and repair of
equipment, when necessary.
- Performs and maintains weekly eye wash station testing,
chemical and waste spills, and personal injuries, as needed.
- Maintains responsibility for kennel and prep-rooms, including
cleaning, organizing, and labeling storage areas, maintaining and
repairing equipment and supplies.
- Ensures that items no longer in use are packed for storage or
disposal, as required.
- Coordinates with outside sources to order supplies. Unpacks and
reconciles received items with PO’s.
- Maintains responsibility for storing, discarding, and properly
labeling instructional materials and lab specimens,
pharmaceuticals, chemical inventories, and hazardous waste
disposal.
Instructional Support
- Provides information to adjunct faculty regarding department
standards for classrooms and laboratories, as requested.
- Maintains student PACT participation records. Orientates new
adjunct faculty to the kennel and assists with training, as
requested.
Culture of Respect
- Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and
inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the
community.
OTHER DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Attends all required department meetings and training.
- Works a flexible schedule including overtime as required and
approved to meet workload demands.
*Regular, predictable, and punctual attendance is
required.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED).
- One (1) year experience working in an animal kennel, clinic or
related training.
*
An appropriate combination of education, training, coursework
and experience may qualify a candidate.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability
to gain access to work site(s).
CSCC has the right to revise this position description at any
time. This position description does not represent in any way a
contract of employment.
Full Time/Part Time:
Full time
Union (If Applicable):
Scheduled Hours:
40
Additional Information
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the following:
- Please ensure you have all the necessary documents available
when starting the application process. For all faculty positions
(Instructor, Annually Contracted Faculty, and Adjunct), you will
need to upload an unofficial copy of your transcript when
completing your aplication.
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(if necessary) the information in your candidate profile as it will
transfer to your application.
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process.
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