Description
Become part of our hometown Hospitality and join the City of Hesperia's Animal Services team as an Animal Care Technician.
Make a real difference in the lives of shelter animals!
Examples of Duties
In this fulfilling role, you'll provide essential care, ensuring the comfort, health, and safety of our shelter animals. Responsibilities include feeding, watering, monitoring well-being, and providing specialized care for sick or injured animals. You'll also play a crucial role in maintaining meticulous records, adhering to animal welfare standards, and offering compassionate support to both animals and the public.
For more information, check out our job description: Animal Care Technician
Typical Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
Any combination of education and experience that has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for an Animal Care Technician. A typical way of obtaining the required qualifications is to possess the equivalent of six (6) months experience in an animal care environment involving care, handling, and sheltering of animals and/or the performance of related work. Possession of a High School diploma or GED is required. The study of animal science or closely related field courses is desirable.
License/Certificate
- Certification and training in the euthanasia of animals by injection is desirable.
- Must successfully complete an approved course and obtain a certificate for euthanizing animals by injection within the first year of employment.
Other Requirements:
- Must be physically fit to work with animals and be able to lift and carry up to one hundred (100) pounds.
- Must be able to participate with the required City’s Adjusted Workweek Schedule, and work weekends, holidays, and evenings on a rotating shift in order to provide seven day a week coverage for the humane treatment and care for the animals in the shelter.
Standard Employment Benefits
- Prior Public Service—CalPERS Formula 2.7% @ 55 (Employee contributes 8% (employee cost) and 1% (cost sharing) of annual salary)
- CalPERS Pension Reform Formula 2% @ 62 (Employee contributes 7.75% (normal cost) of annual salary)
- Health Benefits – up to $1,650 per month toward medical, dental and vision insurance
- City Paid
- Employee Only Premium for Dental Insurance
- Employee Only Premium for Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vacation (80 hours accrued during first year)
- 13 holidays
- Sick leave (96 hours per year)
- Employee Assistance Program available
- 457 (b) Deferred Compensation Program available
- IRS 125 Plan Flexible Spending Accounts available
- Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance participation required
- Adjusted Workweek Schedule participation required
- The City does not participate in the Social Security program, except for the mandatory 1.45% Medicare Contribution
Teamsters Local 1932 Additional Benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement Program (Up to $3,000 per fiscal year available for eligible employees).
- Life Insurance - Teamsters Employees ($50,000)
