Animal Care Technician Resume Example Maricopa County Animal Care

ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN

Summary

To find a positively charged company I can grow with, which will allow me to use my customer service, scheduling and communications skills I have acquired while learning and developing new skills.

Highlights

Data entry Cleaning animal habitat
Assessing Animals at impound Assessment and evaluating animals to put up
Handling and kenneling animal for adoption
Daily feedings Assisting with the euthanasia of animal that
Great customer service skills have either failed their evaluation, to old,
very sick or owner request.

Accomplishments

Maricopa Animal Care and Control Animal Care Technician 10/2011- present.
Impounding owner surrendered and stray dogs and cats, administering dogs 4 and 1 vaccination, and cats with 3 and 1 vaccination, frontline, taking a picture of the animal, entering description of animal by age, color and sex and breed.
Data entry, inputing age, animal breed, color, description of animal and entering note about the animals behavior at the time of impound.
Feeding of all animals in shelter kennels.
Knowledge and use of equipment provided snare, nets, and leashes.
Assist in euthanasia of animals.
Dog to dog introductions with potential adopters, assisting customer on deciding what animal would make a great match in their home.
Assisting with the evaluation process to determine whether the animal is suitable for adoption.
Returning impounded animals to their owners and administering microchips.
Arizona Humane Society Animal Care Technician 12/2003.
Caring for cats and dogs brought to the facility for adoption.
Keeping animal habitats clean, daily feedings of all animals kenneled in the facility.
Stocking each area with supplies needed including food, treats, paper towels, cleaning solutions etc.
Assisting with meet and greets daily.
Helping educate customer with breeds and helping choose the new match for their home.
Transport Driver 2004.
Picking animals daily for each store, completing paperwork for adoptions at the stores.
Taking supplies for various locations transporting animals to and from several location throughout the greater Phoenix area PetsMarts, including Chandler, Gilbert, Goodyear, Deer Valley, Scottsdale.
Handling money daily for all adoptions out at store locations.
Supervision 2007 Supervised team of 21 plus staff members.
Interviewing applicant candidates for job openings.
Training new employees in all the areas needed how to properly handle, feed and care for animals in our care and the proper mixing of chemicals used to clean with.
Take inventory daily and order supplies, assign areas and lunch times to employees daily.
Have monthly meetings with all my employees and supervisor to address problems and create solutions.
Keep logs of daily reports and incidents that occurred.
Place animals that were in our care in the care of foster homes.
Showing animals to potential adopters wanting to help home a shelter pet.
Transport Driver 2009.
Picking animals daily for each store, completing paperwork for adoptions at the stores.
Taking supplies for various locations transporting animals to and from several location throughout the greater Phoenix area PetsMarts, including Chandler, Gilbert, Goodyear, Deer Valley, Scottsdale.
Handling money daily for all adoptions out at store locations.

Experience

10/2011 to Current

Animal Care TechnicianMaricopa County Animal Care

Phoenix/Mesa, Az Daily keeping of all animal habitats clean and presentable, daily feeding of all animals in custody.
Data entry of all animals impounded, administering vaccines and microchips, applying identifying bands with a number on each animal.
I have learned various animal handling skills from controlling a animal that comes in very fractious, muzzle wrapping to control an animal from not being able to bite you while handling it.
My greatest accomplishment working for county is making a difference in the life of pet owners and pets that are in our care.
Getting to see a pet owners come claim their animal and see how happy they leave knowing that we put the effort to keep their animal healthy while in our care.
What is most rewarding to me is to have customers/public tell me how much they appreciate the hard work we do and how they leave county property smiling and happy to home a new furry friend and family member.

12/2003 to 02/2009

Animal Care TechnicianArizona Humane Society

Phoenix, Az I worked for Arizona Humane Society for seven years, there I learned great animal handling skills.
How to understand customers needs and to help educate the customers about the importances of a healthy diet, socializing with animals and handling skills.
Developed highly empathetic client relationships for placement of animals with families and rescue groups throughout the greater Phoenix areas.
Here is where I learned to use chameleon program, changing animal locations, placing animals that became sick in our care on vet checks, storing notes and memos for animals special needs.
Working as a team member assisting co-workers, training of new team members teaching them handling skills and how to react to good or bad situations weather it be with animal behavior or just for filling all our customers needs while visiting the facility and our off site locations.
I became a transport driver and given the responsibility of transporting animals to and from off site stores and our south mountain facility.
Also maintaining, washing and keeping records of numerous vehicles used for transporting animals and supplies.

05/2001 to 10/2001

FedEx Ground Unloader － Phoenix, Az

I have worked for FedEx Ground for two years as a permanent par-time employee, I have experience in package handling, shipping and receiving of bulk and parcel mail and over sized packages.
Unloaded, picked, staged and loaded products for shipping.
Worked at a rapid pace to meet tight deadlines.
Packed containers and re-packed damaged containers.
Drove switcher tractor trailer vehicle, switch trailers when emptied and replaced each trailer with a new full trailer to be unloaded of products being ship through FedEx ground.

Education

2003

diplomaInternational Institute of America'sdiploma: Criminal Justices Phoenix, Az, Maricopa Study criminal justice program

Coursework in Sociology and Psychology Legal Studies coursework Coursework in Communications, Criminal Law and Public Administration Coursework in Juvenile Justice and Deviance in Society Coursework in Criminal Justice, Criminology and Sociology Coursework in Law Enforcement, Correctional Administration and Information Security Systems Coursework in Probation and Parole and Civil LawAlhambra High School

Skills

anatomy, Basic, Criminal Justice, client, customer service skills, Data entry, Data entry, filling, Information Security, Law Enforcement, Law, Legal, notes, mail, Psychology, receiving, shipping, switch, teaching, vaccines

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Maricopa County Animal Care
Arizona Humane Society
FedEx Ground Unloader

School Attended

International Institute of America's
Alhambra High School

Job Titles Held:

Animal Care Technician

Degrees

diploma
Coursework in Sociology and Psychology Legal Studies coursework Coursework in Communications, Criminal Law and Public Administration Coursework in Juvenile Justice and Deviance in Society Coursework in Criminal Justice, Criminology and Sociology Coursework in Law Enforcement, Correctional Administration and Information Security Systems Coursework in Probation and Parole and Civil Law

Animal Care Technician Resume Example

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