Kennel Helper (Animal Control)

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Kennel Helper (Animal Control)

Location:

Jonesboro, AR

Description:

Kennel Helper Job Description Safety Sensitive: No Pay-type: Part-time, hourly Department: Animal Control Reports To Animal Control Director Location: Animal Control Office, 6119 E. Highland Jonesboro Ar. 72401 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION This position is responsible for the care and maintenance of the kennel area. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Cleans and disinfects kennels. This duty is performed daily. 2. Feeds and waters animals. This duty is performed daily. 3. Provides initials intake service on animals dip/bath. This duty is performed daily. 4. Prepares animals for adoption. This duty is performed daily. 5. Cleans officer’s trucks. This duty is performed daily. 6. Cleans equipment i.e. cages, traps, travel kennels. This duty is performed daily. 7. Performs kennel maintenance and small repairs. This duty is performed daily. 8. Assist's Animal Control Officers in holding of animals for euthanasia. This duty is performed as needed. 9. Provides maintenance on grounds. This duty is performed weekly. 10. Operates a city vehicle for essential functions. This duty is performed as needed. 11. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Mental alertness and adaptability to office and field area work routines. Equivalent to four years high school or GED, with particular emphasis during high school in office skills, shop skills, or others, plus 7 to 11 months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience. COMMUNICATION SKILLS Ability to read and understand simple instructions, short correspondence, notes, letters and memos; Ability to write simple correspondence. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to prepare and interpret bar graphs. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Ability to utilize common sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral or diagrammed instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving several known variables in situations of a routine nature. REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Valid Driver's License PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Vet. Tech. Lic., State of Ar. Euthanasia Certification, Nutrional Specialist, Animal 1st Responder SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED Not indicated. INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY SUPERVISION RECEIVED Under immediate supervision, performs general assignments of work, with periodic check of performance by supervisor. PLANNING Limited responsibility with regard to specific assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work operations. DECISION MAKING Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and which would not only affect the operating efficiency of the individual involved, but would also affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a slight degree. MENTAL DEMAND Light mental demand. Operations requiring intermittent directed thinking to carry out predetermined procedure or sequence of operations of limited variability. Operations requiring intermittent attention to control machine or manual motions. ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING Repetitive. Activities or duties using a pre-determined set of processes or directions coupled with nearby supervision. Learned things in situations where choice is simple or patterned. RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS Responsibility for work of others: Not indicated. RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT No responsibility for this factor. ACCURACY Probable errors of internal scope should ordinarily be detected within the department or office in which they occur, but may affect the work of others within the unit, requiring additional expenditure of time to trace errors and make all necessary corrections. Errors would require a moderate amount of time to correct. ACCOUNTABILITY FREEDOM TO ACT Defined. Semi-repetitive prescribed processes and procedures with nearby supervision. ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, and savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower. None. Job does not create any dollar monetary impact for the organization. IMPACT ON END RESULTS Minimal impact. Job is focused on non-supervisory decision making activities and has minor impact on the organization's end results. PUBLIC CONTACT Occasional routine contacts with persons outside the organization. This would include contacts with suppliers, mail service, etc. EMPLOYEE CONTACT Contacts occasionally with others beyond immediate associates, but generally of a routine nature. May obtain, present or discuss data, but only as pertains to an immediate and specific assignment. No responsibility for obtaining cooperation or approval of action or decision. USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS Occasional use of non-complex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.) WORKING CONDITIONS Outside working environment, wherein there are disagreeable working conditions part of the time. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to wet or humid conditions, extreme cold; regularly exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat; frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions; and occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES The following physical activities 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 and expectations. Highly repetitive, moderately physical. Highly repetitive type of work which requires somewhat diversified physical demands of the employee. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear; frequently required to taste or smell; and occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds; continuously lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Not indicated.

Company:

City Of Jonesboro

Posted:

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