Kennel Master (Animal Services)

This safety sensitive (SS) position is responsible for the care and maintenance of the kennel area. Health and welfare of quarantined and adoptable animals, to include animals involved in criminal cases.

1. Cleans and disinfects kennels. This duty is performed daily.

 2. Feeds and waters animals. This duty is performed daily.

 3. Performs initial intake on all animals, medical evaluation, drawing blood for testing, administering vaccinations, and treating minor illnesses. This duty is performed daily.

 4. Prepares animals for adoption. This duty is performed daily.

 5. Cleans equipment, i.e. cages, traps, and travel kennels. This duty is performed daily.

 6. Performs kennel maintenance and small repairs. This duty is performed daily.

7. May also perform or assist with the task of euthanasia and sedation of animals. This duty is performed as needed.

 8. Provides maintenance on grounds. Operates mower, weed eater, sprayer and pressure washer. This duty is performed as needed.

 9. Operates a city vehicle for essential functions. This duty is performed as needed.

 10. Oversees volunteers, public service workers, including inmate labor. This duty is performed as needed.

 11. May occasionally perform desk duties and assist the dispatcher by dispatching calls for service through the police radio system, running criminal history checks, and conducting vehicle and warrant checks for Animal Control Officers. This duty is performed as needed.

 12. Transport and disposal of deceased animals to an appropriate location. This duty is performed weekly or as needed.

Responsibility for work of others: Not indicated.

Responsible for maintenance and serviceability of assigned equipment or other city property that is used in job performance.

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.

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, animal handling, Vet.Tech. or others, plus 7 to 11 months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read and understand simple instructions, short correspondence, notes, letters, memos, care plans and animal medical instructions; Ability to write simple correspondence.

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. Ability to compute medical dosage rates or the correct amount for animal.

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.

Valid Driver's License, Euthanasia Technician License, Chemical Capture Certification, ACIC/NCIC Certification, CJIS Certification

Vet. Tech. Lic., Nutrition Specialist, Animal 1st Responder

Not indicated. Computer skills, Shelter Pro, Triage reports, Facebook.

Under immediate supervision, performs general assignments of work, with periodic check of performance by supervisor.

Limited responsibility with regard to specific assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work operations.

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.

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. Compassion Fatigue due to amount of animals euthanized.

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.

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.

Defined. Semi-repetitive prescribed processes and procedures with nearby supervision.

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.

Minimal impact. Job is focused on non-supervisory decision making activities and has minor impact on the organization's end results.

Occasional routine contacts with persons outside the organization. This would include contacts with suppliers, mail service, etc. One on one contact with shelter visitors and clients looking to adopt. Works with other rescue agencies.

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.

Occasional use of non-complex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.) Occasional use of pressure washer, mowers, weed eater, etc.

Outside working environment, wherein there are disagreeable working conditions part of the time.

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.

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 and moderately physical. Highly repetitive type of work that 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, 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 the ability to adjust focus.

Not indicated.