Trainee Animal Care Assistant
Gweek, CORNWALL, United
Kingdom
We are the Cornish Seal
Sanctuary and we are part of the SEA LIFE Trust!
Right now, we are on the
lookout for a Trainee Animal Care Assistant to support with the daily
management of our resident and rescue animals, ensuring consistently high
standards of animal care and husbandry.
About the role
You will assist in the daily
husbandry and enrichment training programmes of the resident animals and will
be responsible for the daily cleaning and maintenance of the resident
enclosures and their surroundings. This will also include the maintenance of
all exhibit plant and filtration systems and to maintain daily husbandry
records for outdoor pools and exhibits, including animal feeding, behaviour,
condition and treatment. Carrying out stock checks of animal foods, disposable
items and medication, and reporting findings to the Animal Care Supervisor.
During pup rescue season
duties will also include maintaining the seal hospital and its surroundings to
the highest possible standards, including cleaning and disinfecting of pools,
pens and work areas both on and off view to the public. Assisting with the
rescue and release of seal pups as and when required and with any care and
husbandry of seal pups in the hospital, ensuring that animals receive proper
veterinary treatments, food and supplements, as requested by the Animal Care
Supervisor.
This is a Full Time, fixed-term
role on a 12 month contract, up until June 2020. As holiday periods are our
busiest time this will include doing your fair share of weekends and bank
holidays on a roster basis.
For further information and
to apply please click HERE
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