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Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs routine duties associated with animal care in a research setting.

Prepares food and feeds animals, maintains sanitary conditions, observes animal conditions and behavior, and collects animal specimens.

May assist in animal restraint, maintaining animal housing and minor cage maintenance.

Performs related responsibilities as required.

Employees in this classification may be required to work with, take specific precautions against and/or be immunized against potentially hazardous agents.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A high school diploma or equivalent and six-months (fulltime) of animal husbandry or related animal care experience OR one year of animal husbandry experience in a laboratory animal facility.

The ability to lift up to 75 pounds.

Positions in this classification may require a valid Georgia driver's license and an insurable driving record.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

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Job Number 130320

Job Type Regular Full-Time

Division School Of Medicine

Department SOM: Div of Animal Resources

This position may involve the following Health and Safety issues: Working in a laboratory, Working with animals.

Job Category Laboratory

Campus Location (For Posting) : City Atlanta

Location : Name Emory Campus-Clifton Corridor