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Casual Animal Keeper
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Casual Animal Keeper
Application Deadline: 13 October 2026
Department: Animal Care and Equine
Employment Type: Flexible
Location: Middleton
Compensation: £13.92 per hour
Description
To facilitate the learning process by supporting staff and students in an effective learning environment.
Key Responsibilities
- To maintain and repair specialist animal enclosures and be responsible for the security of enclosures and tools.
- Be flexible in supporting the sections requirements and cross college tasks.
- To oversee the Animal Care Apprentices, and interns, whilst working on site and designate the workload.
- To follow the current Life Sciences Animal Standard Operating Procedures.
- To be responsible for the day to day care of all the animals within the Centre for Life Sciences.
- Maintain animal food stock levels to ensure all animals have food and water available as stated in the standard operating procedures.
- To assist in the planning of breeding programmes both for sustainability and food sources.
- To maintain all animal areas within Life Sciences to include the internal animal rooms and external enclosures.
- Undertake Health & Safety risk assessments and ensure all working practices are compliant with industry legislation (e.g. COSHH).
- To ensure that accurate records of animals are kept and the data inputted onto computer systems and paper systems.
- Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
- Minimum of a full level 2 Science/animal management/care qualification.
- How Identified: By application
Desirable Criteria
- A1 assessor award or willing to achieve the qualification within 12 months.
- How Identified: By application
Experience
Essential Criteria
- Experience of handling/ caring and maintaining a wide range of animals to include exotics, mammals and birds.
- Experience of handling/ caring for and maintaining a wide range of taxa to include Mammalia, Reptilia and Aves.
- How Identified: By application
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Desirable Criteria
- Experience of handling/ caring and maintaining larger animals.
- How Identified: By application
Specialist Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- The daily responsibilities of an Animal Technician (Lantra 08/01/2013).
- Knowledge of current legislation including the Animal Welfare Act and the Health and Safety at Work.
- Basic Animal First Aid.
- How Identified: By application/ interview
IT Skills
- Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word, Outlook and Excel. Willing to undertake training appropriate to the role.
- How Identified: By application/ interview
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