{"id":6154,"date":"2025-09-24T20:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:02:19","slug":"animal-care-technician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/archived-positions\/animal-care-technician\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Care Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Position offers flexible hours, independent work, convenient location in Badgley Hall, and a supportive and friendly supervisor. Students will have the opportunity to maintain a variety of animal examples for observation in a range of Biology courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supervisors Name & Title<\/strong><\/td>Andy Baltensperger, Assistant Professor of Biology<\/td><\/tr>
Student Job Title<\/strong><\/td>Animal Care Technician<\/td><\/tr>
Department<\/strong><\/td>Biology, College of STMHS<\/td><\/tr>
Position Funding<\/strong> <\/td>Federal Work-Study Required<\/td><\/tr>
Number of Student Positions<\/strong><\/td>5 (five)<\/td><\/tr>
Job Category<\/strong><\/td>Student Employee<\/td><\/tr>
Job Level & Compensation\/Wage<\/strong><\/td>Level 2; $14.20<\/td><\/tr>
Job Location<\/strong><\/td>On-campus; In-person<\/td><\/tr>
Job Duration <\/strong><\/td>2025-2026 academic year<\/td><\/tr>
Type of work schedule <\/strong><\/td>Weekdays; specific hours are flexible to accommodate student schedules.<\/td><\/tr>
Estimated numbers of hours per week<\/strong><\/td>3 to 29 hours per week<\/td><\/tr>
Experiential Learning:<\/strong><\/td>Students will develop skills such as animal husbandry, habitat development, propagation, and water quality assessment that will be applicable for biology students aiming to develop skills in animal care, behavior, anatomy, and reproduction.<\/td><\/tr>
Professional Development:<\/strong><\/td>Students will be trained in basic animal feeding and care, aquarium\/terrarium maintenance, and water quality testing.<\/td><\/tr>
Summary of Job Duties\/Responsibilities\/Essential Functions:<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Student employees will be responsible for feeding fish, snails, and rats as well as for regular cleaning and maintenance of aquariums\/terrariums. Student employee will also test water chemistry and make necessary adjustments on a weekly basis to ensure habitat conditions comply with International Animal Care and Use standards.<\/td><\/tr>
Minimum Qualifications:<\/strong><\/td>– Active student enrollment<\/td><\/tr>
Preferred Qualifications<\/strong>:<\/td>– Biology majors or other students with an interest in animal biology<\/td><\/tr>
Desired Knowledge, Skills & Abilities<\/strong>:<\/td>Experience or interest in learning animal care, aquarium\/terrarium habitat development, and water quality.<\/td><\/tr>
Required Application Material<\/strong>:<\/td>Resume and Intro\/Cover Letter<\/td><\/tr>
Send Application Materials To:<\/strong><\/td>abaltensperger@eou.edu; Andy Baltensperger, Badgley Hall<\/td><\/tr>
Job Opening Date:<\/strong><\/td>September 24, 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Job Closing Date:<\/strong><\/td>Rolling\/Continuous Openings<\/td><\/tr>
First Day of Application Review:<\/strong><\/td>Reviewing starts Oct 1, 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Estimated Start Date:<\/strong><\/td>October 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Special Message<\/strong>
<\/td>		À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ is an EEO Employer and welcome applications from women, members of historically underrepresented minority groups, US Veterans, and persons with disabilities. EOU is committed to providing equal opportunity in its recruitment, admissions, educational programs, activities and employment without illegal discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any status as protected by state or federal law.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Position offers flexible hours, independent work, convenient location in Badgley Hall, and a supportive and friendly supervisor. Students will have the opportunity to maintain a variety of animal examples for observation in a range of Biology courses. Supervisors Name & Title Andy Baltensperger, Assistant Professor of Biology Student Job Title Animal Care Technician Department Biology, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-positions","category-department-college-of-stmhs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6155,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions\/6155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}