Part-Time Kennel Technician

AmeriVet•Atlanta, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Kennel Technician position is a part-time role focused on the care and well-being of animal patients. The ideal candidate will have reliable transportation, flexibility to work weekends and holidays, excellent customer service and communication skills, and a genuine love for animals. This role requires the ability to work as a team player, be punctual, and reliable. It is a physically demanding job involving restraining, handling, lifting, and carrying patients of various sizes, as well as lifting food and other heavy items. While previous veterinary experience is preferred, it is not required.

Requirements

Reliable transportation
Flexibility to work weekends and holidays
Excellent customer service skills
Excellent communication skills
Love of animals
Team player
Punctual and reliable
Ability to restrain, handle, lift and carry patients that are large and small
Ability to perform other heavy lifting

Nice To Haves

Previous veterinary experience

Responsibilities

Feeding, medicating, walking, cleaning & monitoring patients and their spaces
Handling and properly/gently restraining large patients and nervous/anxious/upset patients
Cleaning and tidiness of the kennel, front and back yards (poop scooping/picking up litter), the lobby & other areas of the hospital
Bathing animals
Assisting technicians with kennel patients or treatment needs as needed
Keeping up with the kennel, kennel maintenance, kennel food, cleaning supplies and kennel inventory
Organization of patients in the kennel; belongings, feeding instructions, medication instructions, etc.