Animal Care Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Magnolia Plantations & Gardens, one of the nation’s oldest and most frequented historical public gardens, is looking for a new Animal Care Technician for their Wildlife Center. This role is primarily responsible for utilizing operant conditioning techniques when caring for animals, providing guest engagement and education to visitors, animal enclosure and environment upkeep, and animal operations process creation.

What you will be doing :

• Interacting with guests and provide interpretation on species specific traits and adaptations in a positive and passionate manner
• Assisting with special events, tours, or animal encounters
• Performing daily husbandry duties for wide range of animal species including but not limited to reptiles such as snakes and alligators, birds of prey, carnivores such as bobcat
• Observing animal behavior to be able to interpret and distinguish signs of unusual behavior which may indicate illness / injury
• Utilizing operant conditioning techniques to maintain and train both husbandry- and education- focused behaviors in a variety of species
• Preparing and feeding appropriate diets to animals ensuring safe and appropriate food supplies are being maintained
• Performing deep cleans, routine maintenance, upkeep, and small-scale repairs of enclosures and holding areas as needed
• Assisting with enclosure re-sets and habitat development; installs and maintains appropriate perching and enclosure accessories essential to species-specific husbandry requirements
• Updating and maintaining animal health, behavior, and training records
• Perform routine maintenance, upkeep, and small-scale repairs on animal enclosures
• Maintain tools and equipment used in daily animal care and exhibit maintenance

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