Trainers and Assistants - Onmega Dolphin Park
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Onmega Dolphin Park
is looking for new trainers and assistants to expand and join our team. We are
seeking persons capable of performing in swim interactions and assisted
therapies with dolphins, with the best attitude to learn, and dedicated to work
with joy and passion to be guided into our training system. Our goal is to
provide a healthy and enriching environment for our dolphins, to use advanced
operant condition techniques based on trust, and to educate the public about
marine mammals and their environment.
ESSENTIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Area cleaning
• Diets preparation
• Animal behavior
observation and record keeping for ethograms and for the enrichment program.
• Active
participation in handling, training, medical procedures, interactive swim
programs and assisted therapy sessions for the handicapped and educational
talks.
• Assist other team
members with their animal related goals and challenges.
• Proper public
speaking.
• Diving and
underwater maintenance.
• Be punctual and
maintain personal presentation standards.
REQUIREMENTS AND
SKILLS TO BE CONSIDERED:
• Must be at least
24 years of age.
• The correct
interpretation of animal behavior like:
- Develop critical
thinking skills to troubleshoot complex behavioral issues
- Recognize social
compatibilities and manage dolphins accordingly to enhance optimum responses.
- Identify
enrichment needs, appropriate uses, and schedules
• Communication and
teamwork skills are indispensable
• Excellent customer
service skills
• Able to walk, run,
swim, dive, bend and stand up
• Be able to work in
and around salt water and with chemicals like chlorine.
• Able to lift 20kgs
consistently (50pounds)
• Be willing to work
under the different extreme weather and environmental conditions and under
unfixed flexible hours, day, night, holidays and weekends indistinctly.
• Ability to speak
and write in English (any other language will be well considered as well)
• Computer skills
• Be willing to work
in a group environment with multicultural characteristics and to respect
cultural and ideological differences.
• Have a valid
Passport
PREFERRED AND TO BE
CONSIDERED:
• High school
diploma or equivalent will be highly evaluated.
• Minimum of 2 years
paid of experience in the care and training of marine mammals
• Previous
experience working in a dolphin interactive program
• SCUBA certified
PLEASE SEND US YOUR
CV WITH PICTURE TO:
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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