Animal Services Officer - Animal Services - J02330 - 53000

Nueces County

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Maintains the animal services center; capturing and impounding animals located while on patrol or in response to complaints; disposes of certain animals using humane methods; and maintains records and reports. Involved in the operational activities of the Africanized Bee Program as needed. Must be on-call for seven days once every three weeks.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• At least six months of experience working with animals
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• A valid Texas Motor Vehicle Operator's License.
• Thorough knowledge of the laws and regulations governing the licensing, quarantine and impounding of animals.
• Ability to develop and maintain cooperative relationships with the public.
• Good physical condition and strength to lift animals weighing up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to manage animals.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, sit, climb or balance, and taste or smell.
• Employee sits while driving a vehicle.
• Employee stands during routine field activities; while assisting veterinarians at rabies vaccination clinics and when working/cleaning in the kennels.
• Employee walks while working in the kennels and out in the field.
• Employee walks, stoops, kneels, crouches or crawls when euthanizing, tranquilizing, capturing animals in the field and working in the file cabinets.
• Employee lifts animals weighing up to 100 pounds and climbs while pursuing animals in the field.
• Other physical activities include roping animals, running, jumping fences/obstacles while pursuing animals out in the field.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Animal Services Officer certification preferred or the ability to obtain basic and advanced certification as an Animal Services Officer by the Texas Department of Health within the first 4 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains animal shelter, grounds, vehicle and equipment including cleaning and disinfecting cages and yard areas; feeding, watering and categorizing impounded animals; and providing special attention to quarantined animals.
• Patrols rural Nueces County for stray, vicious or injured animals.
• Maintains up-to-date records and files reports on daily activities.
• Issues citations, warnings and complaints.
• Removes dead animals and transports them to the landfill.
• Removes, impounds and cares for stray and unwanted animals, returning pets to owners.
• Under close supervision, destroys animals as necessary, using humane methods.
• Responds to emergency calls, such as animal bites and control of poisonous or dangerous animals and responds to complaints.
• Responds to citizen complaints regarding Africanized Bees and may be involved in eradicating swarms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED