Oceans Biome Animal Care Internship

Description

The Zoo’s aquarium houses one of the nation’s largest shark touch tanks! The Oceans biome is home to numerous other species including a wide variety of reef fish, moray eels, cownose rays and seahorses to name a few

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

-Support the Zoo’s mission of protecting nature and inspiring people to care for our world.

-Prepare diets (blend, chop, mix meal gel), clean and disinfect utensils, perform other food room chores.

-Performs routine exhibit care (clean inside windows and walls, hydro-cleaning gravel, backwash filters, change water, clean skimmer baskets, scrubbing exhibits).

-Assist in animal feeding.

-Assist with general cleanup and maintenance of off-exhibit areas (hose or sweep floors, use squeegee).

-Observe animal behavior and update daily task sheets.

-Perform routine facilities checks and record keeping (check and record water temperatures and filter flow rates, collect water samples for lab).

-Assist with special projects (designated research, painting, minor plumbing, etc.)

-Perform specified lab procedures to assist with water quality testing.

-Other tasks as assigned by Aquarist staff.

Qualifications

To apply, please submit the Summer Session Application form, along with a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation and a current (official or unofficial) transcript; March 10 is the deadline to apply. Please visit our website for more information.