Animal Technician

Position Information

We currently have a need for undergraduate students to serve as Animal Technicians. They are paid, it’s part time hours and we are looking for students to have throughout the year. There is biomedical research experience and large animal experience that we offer for students hoping to add those to their resume.

Job Duties

This job includes feeding research animals. Monitoring their daily health and welfare. Cleaning and general up keep of the facility and providing care to the animals. Performing research activities, learning breeding management skills, learning about our herd genetics and other research project goals.

Required Skills

Preferred Qualifications

We love having undergrads that are familiar with large animals or have large animal experience. We also love having pre-veterinary students or students looking for undergraduate research experience. These animals are very important for the biomedical community and provide a lot of experience to learn in that field.

Availability to work some weekend and evening shifts are preferred.

Other Comments

Students must be able to get to campus. There are two locations of animals on campus we can use help at. There are other locations that transportation is needed, but they would not be placed there if they did not have the means to get there.

Please email your cover letter, resumé, and Fall course schedule to samuelM(at)missouri.edu.

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