Animal Care technician
We are hiring!
Job title: Animal Care worker
Job location: 15601 Farm to Market 969, Austin, Texas, 78724
Job type: Irregular Part-time
Minimum Experience: Entry level
Job Description:
K9 Workingmind, Training by Tara has an animal care position available.
Do you love dogs & horses? Maybe you are looking for a career change or have volunteered at a shelter or rescue and have developed a passion to help dogs and owners? If so, I have a great opportunity for you! No experience is needed, I will train the right person.
We are seeking kennel staff that is passionate about the care and behavior of dogs. You will be caring for dogs, and horses; walking, assisting in training sessions and classes, cleaning kennels, bathing , and checking in/out customers.
Animals must be cared for daily, therefore at least one split shift is required, and you must be available to work weekends and holidays in order to be employed at our facility.
We start kennel staff @ $11-$13 per hour to start, with increase based on work ethic and performance within first month. Added perks are discounted training for your dog, bringing your dog to work with you (if up to date on vaccines), and the option to intern with Training by Tara LLC and move up to dog trainer for the right person.
Our facility is all about keeping animals in a �workingmind�, so we work any dog that stays with us. This means that all of the dogs here are walked individually, have time to practice or learn commands, triebball, agility and/or tracking. While we are a working facility, we keep everyone in a calm state of mind with essential oils, music and even massage for the right dogs. Our kennel staff learns how to apply all of the above to every dog. Equine care is also required. Feeding, grooming, cleaning- we will teach you if you need the skills.
We are locally owned, not franchised or corporate; so each staff member must be able to be social, friendly, compassionate, and work as a team. This is not a competitive work environment; everyone at Training by Tara celebrates successes together.
Responsibilities include:
� Cleans and disinfects areas occupied or used by animals, inside and outside.
� Exercise animals by using our working walk technique.
� Assisting in training sessions/classes when requested.
� Assists in the general maintenance of the facility as directed- hay unloading is part of this position
� Feeds and waters the animals
� Bathe animals
�. Equine care
� Treating all animals humanely, properly and with compassion at all times, regardless of the situation or circumstance and promoting a humane and caring attitude toward all animals
� Ensure that proper identification, personal items, and paperwork is placed on the animals' kennel and training board.
� Must be clean and detail oriented
� May be required to work events off-site
� Additional duties may be required at the discretion of the Training by Tara.
Specific Job Skills and Physical Abilities:
� This work is performed in a kennel setting, which is often noisy. Some of the work may be physically demanding and unpleasant. Some duties may be very stressful. Employees may be exposed to injury, disease and/or infection from the animals they attend.
� Animals must be cared for daily, therefore one split shift is required, and you must be available to work weekends and holidays
� Employee will be required to do lifting of up to 60 pounds
� Have good written and oral communication skills
� Ability to read and comprehend directions, labels and description/instructions
� Shifts to be determined on hiring but the hours are 4pm-8:30pm & 8am-12:30pm with one split shift.
Educational Requirements:
� Valid Texas driver's license with reliable transportation
We are hiring!
Job title: Animal Care worker
Job location: 15601 Farm to Market 969, Austin, Texas, 78724
Job type: Irregular Part-time
Minimum Experience: Entry level
Job Description:
K9 Workingmind, Training by Tara has an animal care position available.
Do you love dogs & horses? Maybe you are looking for a career change or have volunteered at a shelter or rescue and have developed a passion to help dogs and owners? If so, I have a great opportunity for you! No experience is needed, I will train the right person.
We are seeking kennel staff that is passionate about the care and behavior of dogs. You will be caring for dogs, and horses; walking, assisting in training sessions and classes, cleaning kennels, bathing , and checking in/out customers.
Animals must be cared for daily, therefore at least one split shift is required, and you must be available to work weekends and holidays in order to be employed at our facility.
We start kennel staff @ $11-$13 per hour to start, with increase based on work ethic and performance within first month. Added perks are discounted training for your dog, bringing your dog to work with you (if up to date on vaccines), and the option to intern with Training by Tara LLC and move up to dog trainer for the right person.
Our facility is all about keeping animals in a �workingmind�, so we work any dog that stays with us. This means that all of the dogs here are walked individually, have time to practice or learn commands, triebball, agility and/or tracking. While we are a working facility, we keep everyone in a calm state of mind with essential oils, music and even massage for the right dogs. Our kennel staff learns how to apply all of the above to every dog. Equine care is also required. Feeding, grooming, cleaning- we will teach you if you need the skills.
We are locally owned, not franchised or corporate; so each staff member must be able to be social, friendly, compassionate, and work as a team. This is not a competitive work environment; everyone at Training by Tara celebrates successes together.
Responsibilities include:
� Cleans and disinfects areas occupied or used by animals, inside and outside.
� Exercise animals by using our working walk technique.
� Assisting in training sessions/classes when requested.
� Assists in the general maintenance of the facility as directed- hay unloading is part of this position
� Feeds and waters the animals
� Bathe animals
�. Equine care
� Treating all animals humanely, properly and with compassion at all times, regardless of the situation or circumstance and promoting a humane and caring attitude toward all animals
� Ensure that proper identification, personal items, and paperwork is placed on the animals' kennel and training board.
� Must be clean and detail oriented
� May be required to work events off-site
� Additional duties may be required at the discretion of the Training by Tara.
Specific Job Skills and Physical Abilities:
� This work is performed in a kennel setting, which is often noisy. Some of the work may be physically demanding and unpleasant. Some duties may be very stressful. Employees may be exposed to injury, disease and/or infection from the animals they attend.
� Animals must be cared for daily, therefore one split shift is required, and you must be available to work weekends and holidays
� Employee will be required to do lifting of up to 60 pounds
� Have good written and oral communication skills
� Ability to read and comprehend directions, labels and description/instructions
� Shifts to be determined on hiring but the hours are 4pm-8:30pm & 8am-12:30pm with one split shift.
Educational Requirements:
� Valid Texas driver's license with reliable transportation