You will serve as an animal care taker, responsible for nonprofessional technical and specialized work involving a variety of animal species and animal disease control, prevention, and quarantine procedures.

Duties

The duties may include, but are not limited to: Providing information and maintaining working relationships with various officials and port authorities. Handling and overall care of a large variety of animal species, as well as oversight responsibility for specific shipments in a quarantine facility. Maintains animal health and daily activity records, making recommendations, taking direction, and instituting changes in husbandry, nutrition, safety, and biosecurity. Independently cleans barns, pens, cages, and assorted equipment, and disposes of manure and bedding according to strict biosecurity procedures. Assists with the transportation and movement of animals entering, or within quarantine. Restrains animals during incoming collection and processing of blood samples, spraying, dipping, identification verification, temporary marking, temperature procurement, etc.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/
• Valid state driver's license is required at the time of application.
• Regular lifting required of 50 pounds. Will be occasionally required to lift of up to 75 pounds.
• May be exposed to animal bites and scratches, disinfectants, insecticides, and other chemicals, and will be required to wear protective clothing.
• Frequent showers are required.
• All caretakers are subject to periodic medical monitoring.
• May be subjected to disagreeable odors, physical injury from animals, and hazard of bites, kicks, and other trauma associated with the handling of animals and birds.
• Non-Traditional Work Schedule that may include working Holiday, Weekend, and Overtime Shifts.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show you have had training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Your answers to the vacancy specific questions must be supported by the work experience in your resume. For example, if you respond in the affirmative when questioned whether you have experience caring for horses, your resume must include this experience, mindful that experience may not be inferred by job title. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service USDA APHIS MRPBS 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 410 Minneapolis, MN 55401 US
• Name: MRP Human Resources
• Phone: 612-336-3227
• Email: [email protected]