- Pay rate: $19.00 per hour
- Receive a sign-on bonus of $3000 (after 60 days)
- Work a 1st shift including weekends, some holidays and some overtime
- Enjoy 24 days of personal-time-off (PTO) (pro-rated depending on start date)
- Have the option to participate in the Labcorp Education Advantage program where you have access to over 15 Undergraduate On-line Degree Programs offered through Arizona State University (ASU). Tuition is paid by Labcorp!
- Have access to other great benefits including: paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and medical and dental insurance.
What will you be doing:
This entry level role requires no experience, just an interest in working with nonhuman primates in a laboratory setting.
- Provides animals with food, water, toys etc. according to company standards, handles them solicitously when caring for them.
- Has basic knowledge about the behavior of certain species, knows the animals of own area well, handles them in an affectionate way and gives immediate rewards.
- Maintains, cleans and disinfects animal cages, rooms, hallways and non-animal rooms as well as feeders, water bottles if needed.
- Provides clean waste removal and maintains a safe work environment.
- Performs control checks at the receipt of new animals; ensures that all equipment, feed, water and the animal rooms are set up and meets company standards.
- Monitors and documents animal condition or behavior, environmental conditions and instrument settings, reports peculiarities as well as deviations from study plan and SOPs to supervisor, study director and/or veterinarian and performs appropriate corrective actions as assigned and documents them.
- Assists in the inventory of food, bedding, toys and other cage equipment and supplies, as well as in provision and maintenance of cages and other devices and can take responsibility for certain partial areas. Assures well organized storage within own area.
- Collects data and maintains well documented laboratory records according to GLPs. Performs quality controls and other reviews of other animal caretakers' data and identifies errors.
- Works across groups and species when necessary.
- Works largely independently and on non-routine procedures as assigned.
- Assures that own work is continued by one or several instructed deputies also in the case of sudden absence.
- Own work is reviewed regularly for overall accuracy and completeness.
- Performs other related duties as needed.
Experience:
- No experience required
- Must be 18 years or older
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