Wildlife Habitat Assistant - Facilities and Engineering - Full Time (Flamingo LV)

Caesars Entertainment•Las Vegas, NV

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This is an hourly, non-exempt, full-time position that requires the person to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to emergencies. The Wildlife Specialist works at a high level of independence and needs very little direct supervision.

Requirements

High School Diploma with two years of exotic avian experience at a professional facility.
Working knowledge of avian husbandry that includes the ability to pick out aberrant behavior.
Experience with avian medical care including capture, restraint, gavaging and injections.
Familiarity with the nitrogen cycle of an aquatic biosystem.
Knowledge of rearing techniques for precocial and altricial chicks and familiarity with incubation.
Knowledge of common avian diseases, identification, prevention and treatment.
Ability to speak in front of large crowds on a microphone.

Responsibilities

Performing all aspects of avian husbandry without direct supervision, including monitoring animal health and well-being through observation of appetite, disposition and/or excreta; identifying disease, illness, injury or aberrant behavior and reporting to Supervisor.
Preparing a variety of regular and special diets to feed collection, including live prey.
Feeding entire collection; maintaining animal enclosures and exhibit areas.
Assisting veterinarian, which includes capture, restraint, and medicating; monitoring current pharmacy inventory, treatment areas, and equipment inventory.
Performing all medical treatments including injections, gavaging and subcutaneous fluids without supervision.
Observing and assisting at exams, surgeries, and necropsies.
Presenting live animal presentations up to twice a day using a microphone.
Assisting with behavior modification utilizing operant conditioning.
Assisting with propagation, incubation, and hand rearing of progeny.
Maintaining a current tetanus vaccination (10 years) and must be willing to be TB tested.
Operating a variety of machines and equipment including nebulizer, centrifuge, Avian ICU, microscope, macroscope, and incubators.
Being subject to exposure to zoonotic diseases (West Nile virus, Avian Malaria, Giardia, Mycoplasma sp.); centipedes, black widow and brown recluse and the possibility of bites and scratches.
Other duties as assigned.