Animal Care Resume Sample

Key Result Areas:

• Water and feed your patients according to posted schedules, alerting a supervisor if you notice a potential need for achange in diet; watch over animals throughout your shift to ensure they’re in good physical and mental health
• Treat sick or injured animals with basic first aid as needed, making sure you alert a veterinarian for moreserious injuries and illnesses; set-up, operate, clean and maintain cage-washing machines and feeders as needed
• Use computer system to note essential weekly facility data according to the latest local, state and federal requirements (once a month we review database to ensure all information is entered correctly and sent to necessary parties).
• Answer customer questions, set up appointments and answer telephones as needed in the reception area.
• Organize, unload and inventory feed and clinic supplies as necessary.
• Perform any combination of following duties to attend animals, such as mice, canaries, guinea pigs, mink, dogs, and monkeys, on farms and in facilities, such as kennels, pounds, hospitals, and laboratories
• Feed and water animals according to schedules
• Clean and disinfect cages, pens, and yards and sterilizes laboratory equipment and surgical instruments
• Examine animals for signs of illness and treats them according to instructions
• Transfer animals between quarters; adjusts controls to regulate temperature and humidity of animals' quarters
• Record information according to instructions, such as genealogy, diet, weight, medications, food intake, and license number
• Anesthetize, inoculates, shave, bathe, clip, and groom animals; repair cages, pens, or fenced yards

Key Highlights:

• Any existing systems/ processes streamlined???? Results obtained????Major assignments handled????
• Any unique initiative taken to improve customer satisfaction level? Any major accounts/clients handled???
• Awards/appreciation letters received???? Other relevant achievements????

Key Result Areas:

• Providedfood and water to animals; clean equipment and the living spaces of animals
• Monitoredanimals and record details of their diet, physical condition, and behavior
• Examinedanimals for signs of illness or injury
• Exercisedanimals; bathe animals, trim nails, clip hair, and attend to other grooming needs
• Trainedanimals to obey or to behave in a specific manner
• Provided routine daily care for animals; performed physical examinations and detected obvious abnormalities
• Calculated doses and administered oral and topical medications under guidance of veterinarians
• Assisted veterinarians in surgical procedures; recorded progress in health of animals
• Trained workers in helping with animal treatment and supervised their work
• Handled transportation of animals and inventory of center
• Checked birth certificates of animals to ensure their age

Key Highlights:

• Any existing systems/ processes streamlined???? Results obtained????Major assignments handled????
• Any unique initiative taken to improvecustomer satisfaction level?Any major accounts/clients handled???
• Awards/appreciation letters received???? Other relevant achievements????