Veterinary / Laboratory Animal Tech
Hybrid-based
ONET: 31-9096.00
1
Years
40
Skills
175h
Related instructions
2000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Introduction to Patient Care and Handling and Medical Records
- Introduction to Veterinary Assisting and Medical Terminology
- Introduction to Pharmacy, Wellness, and Lab/Exam Room Procedures
- Introduction to Surgery and Radiation Safety
- Emergency Readiness, Front Office Procedures, and Client Education
On-the-job training
- Knowledge of basic principle and technical skills
- Required to provide quality animal husbandry and health care in conventionally housed animals.
- Sanitizes cages and accessories according to SOP
- Proper handling and restraining techniques
- Feeds, waters and houses for animal models
- Appropriate transportation techniques for different animal models
- Knowledge of basic principles and technical skills
- Required to provide quality animal husbandry and health care in specially housed animal models, including bio-hazard and immunocompromised animal models.
- Observes SOP in preparing caging, accessories, water and food for animals with special healthcare needs
- Appropriate transportation techniques for different animal models
- Observes Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for performance of protocols and management of research animals
- Prepare and administer special diets according to SOP protocol.
- Observe, identify, and report animals with signs of pain or unhealthiness.
- Prepare and administer medications according to SOP
- Weigh animals in a consistent manner according to protocol.
- Measure and/or collect experimental and animal data (measure tumors, count/record behavior points)
- Accurately calculate medication dosing.
- Monitor and manage animals’ vital signs during surgery and maintain anesthesia to the appropriate surgical plane.
- Follow pre and post-operative procedures as per protocol.
- Monitor and document animals’ vital signs during post-operative procedures as per protocol.
- Follow aseptic technique when assisting in animal surgeries.
- Knowledge of basic animal breeding colony management.
- Demonstrate proper use and maintenance of equipment
- Performs routine cleaning and calibration of equipment: Autoclave
- Performs routine cleaning and calibration of equipment: Cage washer
- Performs routine cleaning and calibration of equipment: Bottle filler
- Performs routine cleaning and calibration of equipment: Scales & Balances
- Performs routine cleaning and calibration of equipment: Laminar Flow Biological Hoods
- Documentation, Communication and Problem solving
- Complete daily and weekly animal census with 99% accuracy,
- File documents in appropriate locations
- Correctly and consistently input animal health data into electronic form
- Observe Safe and Compliant Practices
- Dispose of specimens and laboratory waste in accordance with SOP, regulatory agencies and protocol requirements.
- Demonstrate consistent and appropriate hand-washing techniques.
- Use of protective equipment, chemical showers, eye wash stations and fire extinguishers.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Animal facility’s chemical hygiene plan and location of MSDS sheets.
- Demonstrate knowledge of handling procedures and precautions for chemical, biological and radiological materials.
- Demonstrate ethical and responsible conduct in all Animal Research Laboratory related activities
- Consideration of Alternatives to reduce or replace the use of animals
- Design & performance of procedures, on the basis, of relevance to human or animal health advancement of knowledge or the good of society
- Avoidance of minimization of discomfort, distress & pain
- Conduct of experimentation on living animals exclusively by and/or under the close supervision of qualified and experienced personnel.
- Provision of adequate veterinary care
- Use of appropriate sedation, analgesia, and anesthesia
- Establishment of humane endpoints
- Provision of appropriate animal transportation and husbandry directed and performed by qualified persons
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