Kennel Attendant

POSITION SUMMARY:

Cleans, sanitizes, and maintains kennels and cages to keep the animals at the Miami County Animal Shelter safe and healthy.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Completion of four (4) years of high school or equivalent. Ability to interpret and carry out a variety of instructions in various formats, recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate action, recognize and apply safety warnings, work as part of a team, demonstrate strength to lift up to fifty (50) lbs.

DUTIES:

Under immediate direction performs a variety of custodial duties involving physical labor, uses chemicals, scraper, squeegee, and hot water to clean and sanitize kennel and run areas. Provides feed and water to animals.  Handles animals patiently and securely while cleaning and maintaining the kennel area. On a daily basis cleans kennels, feeding dishes, bedding, toys, and laundry.

Meets all job safety requirements and all applicable OSHA safety standards that pertain to essential functions.

Demonstrates regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.

These duties are illustrative only and you may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.

 

HOURS

Monday – Friday 8:00 am - 10:00 am

COMPENSATION

$16.00 - $17.00 per hour

FLSA

Non-Exempt from Overtime

BENEFITS

Life & AD&D Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts for Health & Dependent Care, OPERS Retirement with Employer Contribution of 14% (Higher for Law Enforcement), Deferred Compensation Programs, Paid Vacation & Sick Time, Paid Holidays, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Discounts, Fitness Center Discounts

UNSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

Must regularly stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, grab, restrain, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.  Employee is required balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and must frequently lift and/or carry up to fifty (50) pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Must be able to work with and be around dangerous animals where there is a risk of bite.  Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions, including exposure to hot, cold, wet, icy, humid or windy conditions.

The employee is exposed to, must negotiate, use, or work with or in the vicinity of noisy operations or activities, eye and face protection due to potential exposure, medical and first aid (bites), portable fire extinguishers, handling material and supplies (the manner in which things are stored and housekeeping), laundry machinery and/or operations, blood and other bodily fluids (animal blood), hazardous chemicals (cleaners, disinfectant, bleach), and potentially vicious animals.   

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.