ATP - Trainee Animal Technician Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Are you looking to launch your career working with animals?
Are you passionate about looking after animals and provide their welfare needs?
Are you looking for a role paying up to £23,000 and a lifelong career?
The Animal Technician Programme (ATP) links our employer partners with candidates with one key focus ‘to train and place animal lovers into a career as Animal Technician. Our sole aim is to provide suitable, enthusiastic and passionate Animal Technicians to employer partners nationwide.
As you can appreciate, with animal welfare being such a high priority all new trainee animal technicians must complete a short 12-week induction training programme. This will comprise of several short and very basic multiple-choice study modules, followed by a week of unpaid work experience at a client site to put into practice what you’ve learned in your very basic study modules and get a feel for the working environment. Successful candidates then progress onto 11 weeks of paid work experience and training, working alongside experienced and qualified Animal Technicians. Upon accreditation, at week 12 you can expect to be either permanently employed by the client or choose to enrol as a temporary worker with the flexibility to work at client sites across the country.”
Daily duties working as an Animal Technician include;
- Feeding and watering
- General health checking
- Handling animals
- Cage cleaning and washing
The qualities of an Animal Technician are:
- High levels of motivation and a good work ethic
- A genuine passion to work with animals - demonstrating care, welfare, and compassion
- Previous experience working with (and handling) animals would be beneficial
- Accurate data entry
- Flexible and adaptable
- Enjoys working on your own and as part of a team
Don’t worry if you haven’t previously held the role of an Animal Technician, providing you meet our requirements you will receive on-the-job training with full pay and benefits from day 1.
Think you have what it takes, simply follow our application route below and join our team of Animal technicians today
Application route:
Simply click and apply to the advert, and if successful, you will be contacted by a member of the team ASAP. Due to the number of applications, we receive, if you have not been contacted within 1 week, unfortunately, you have not been successful for this role.
Interviews will be taking place ASAP and starts can be immediate, but this is not essential should you have a notice period, they are willing to wait for the right people.
We have a high success rate in getting people their dream jobs, so please apply today and let us help you get that career you have been waiting for.
Job Type: Temp to perm
Salary: £8.50-£10.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Free or subsidised travel
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
