▷ [15h Left] Trainee Animal Technician

**Trainee Animal Technician** The Trainee Animal Technician will undertake duties associated with the care, husbandry and maintenance of laboratory animals (mice) in the facility. Routine tasks include observation, husbandry, breeding, cage cleaning, equipment and room cleaning, sterilisation procedures, record keeping and meeting researcher/client requirements.Key challenges include:* Ensuring breeding programs are established and maintained* Meeting researcher/client needs for animals* Ensuring deadlines and schedules are met**Key Responsibilities**Animal husbandry:* Clean animal cages* Provide food and water* Observe health of animals* Wean and sex animals* Identify and record births* Identify pregnant animals* Euthanise animalsBreeding programs:* Mate animals according to workplace procedure and direction of supervisors* Adjust breeding programs to suit demand for animals* Identify poor breedersClient services:* Advise office/researchers as to animal availability, health and welfare.* Allocate animals to orders and issue the orders via office * Prepare animals for transport in accordance with SOPs.* Process any required documentation regarding transportation of animals as required.* Ensure that researchers are kept up-to-date and fully informed regarding their animals.Record keeping:* Use animal management systems to record animals as required.* Weekly cage/animal count.Cleaning:* Cleaning of equipment and rooms.* Dust, scrub and mop room weekly.* Aid in cleaning and sterilising equipment when needed.Regulatory:* Record keeping.* Maintain knowledge of and ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory instruments, e.g. POCTA, OGTR, OHS, etc.**Selection Criteria** Essential Knowledge and Skills:* Conscientious* Good observation skills* Attention to detail* Flexible* Cooperative* Enthusiastic* Good communication skillsThis position is an ongoing role in a full time capacity. Salary is **Professional Services Employee Level T3.1 $55, 774**. Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.**WEHI’s commitment to diversity and inclusion**At WEHI we strive to foster a flexible working environment that encourages individual differences and promotes collaboration and creativity. We recognise that talent does not sit within a single identifiable group in our society and that WEHI’s ability to shape contemporary scientific thinking and deliver leading professional services relies on a diversity of thought within our organisation. Our action to promote gender equality has been recognised with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award from Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) and we offer a range of . Our commitment to celebrating diversity and addressing inequities is further demonstrated through our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Gender Action Plan, Reconciliation Action Plan and our WE-Pride network for LGBTQIA+ staff and students. We actively encourage applications from, people with a disability, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people and people with diverse genders and sexualities. Should you require support during the recruitment process due to special needs or consideration, please contact the People and Culture team.**WEHI’s commitment to Indigenous employment**where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be engaged at the scientific frontier, making exciting discoveries and decisions about the future of health in this country, and part of a leading professional services workforce supporting the realisation of these discoveries. We are committed to creating a culturally safe workplace and offering career development and leadership opportunities to First Nations staff and students. We strongly encourage any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.
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