Animal Management
Centre Technician
(Zoo Section)
Berkshire College of Agriculture
Full-time, Permanent
The college is
seeking to appoint an Animal Management Centre Technician to contribute to the
college’s zoo licensed and BIAZA accredited Animal Management Centre. The role
requires someone to specifically contribute towards the care and husbandry of
the animals housed on the zoo section of the AMC. The section includes a zoo
courtyard (housing various primates, otter, skunk, meerkats and birds),
nocturnal room (housing Loris, armadillo, genet and mouse lemur) and native
species area (housing wildcat, pine marten and red squirrel). The key
responsibilities are developing and maintaining high standards of husbandry and
animal welfare as well as the supervision of students during their practical
sessions.
You will be expected
to have proven knowledge and experience in working with a range of zoo animal
species, experience of working with young people and preferably some experience
in animal training.
You will maintain
and upkeep the curriculum areas, ensuring that the learners’ experience is both
positive and rewarding. To meet this aim it is essential the post holder has a
clear commitment to providing high quality support to our learners as well as
demonstrating exceptional standards of animal welfare.
For further details
and an application pack, please contact the Human Resources Department:
hr@bca.ac.uk
Closing date:
Midnight on Friday 21st July 2017
Interview date:
Tuesday 1st August 2017
Reasons to join us
• Generous annual
leave entitlement and pension scheme
• A wide range of
learning and career opportunities
• Childcare, cycle
to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes
• Free on-site
parking
• Various health and
wellbeing benefits (including free use of the College gym)
Commitment to
Safeguarding
BCA is committed to
equal opportunities for all whilst safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
students; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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