Animal Control Officer

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Distinguishing Features of Work**\

This is animal control work handling routine or difficult assignments

enforcing and promoting a responsible animal ownership program. Work

involves investigative and field work enforcing leash laws. This

position involves rescuing and containing animals unleashed within the

city limits, or animals that have been proven dangerous to the community

and may involve work at the Animal Shelter.

\*\*Employees within the department or division shall be given first

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Examples of Work Performed
Operates an animal care van in the daily performance of duties.
Answers service calls dispatched from the Animal Services Center.
Captures animals running at large; removes and disposes of dead

animals.

Transports unwanted animals to the Animal Shelter; transports sick

and injured animals to a veterinary clinic or to the Animal Shelter.

Investigates citizen complaints concerning \"vicious animal\" bites.
Investigates animal confinement areas for conformance with leash law

requirements.

Develops preliminary recommendations on animal bite and cruelty

cases.

May clean kennels and feed and water animals at the Animal Shelter.
Uses tranquilizer gun or firearm to contain or destroy animals as

needed.

Issues warnings or summonses to violators of leash law.
Advises the public regarding compliance with health regulations and

rabies protection.

Maintains a log of daily activities including time spent on each

call, the kind of call, and what action was taken.

May participate in the humanely destroying of animals at the Animal

Shelter.

May assume responsibilities of a supervisor in his/her absence.
These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other related

duties may be assigned as needed.


Requirements of Work
Knowledge of animals and how to handle them safely
Ability to learn, in a reasonable period of time, proper techniques

for operating a radio and dispatching personnel and equipment

Ability to quickly develop thorough knowledge of leash laws and

their application to homeowners

Ability to work under adverse environmental conditions, such as

exposure to offensive odors and other airborne nuisances, exposure

to unsanitary and hazardous material, such as fecal matter and

urine, and exposure to other unclean conditions.

Ability to work outdoors in inclement weather
Ability to handle and lift animals weighing up to 50 pounds to a

height of three feet and carry them up to 15 feet , and to assist

co-workers with larger animals when necessary

Ability to chase animals by vehicle and on foot with a fast walk or

by running

Ability to use animal control equipment including catch-pole,

tranquilizer guns, hypodermic needle, nets, cat graspers, and live

animal traps

Ability to work in confined spaces
Ability to assume and maintain if necessary functional body

positions, including standing, kneeling, stooping, squatting, trunk

twisting and crawling

Ability to walk for up to 60 minutes at a time.
Ability to perform reaching, grasping, power gripping, and wrist

turning as needed to perform job duties

Ability to make decisions within policy guidelines without

supervision present

Ability to maintain composure while performing required aspects of

the job, including destroying animals

Ability to quickly develop thorough knowledge of the drugs and drug

paraphernalia involved in tranquilizing and humanely destroying

animals

Must not be impaired from testifying credibly n a court of law or

impaired from swearing to an affidavit.

May require ability to learn, within a reasonable period of time,

proper techniques of operating a radio and dispatching personnel and

equipment

May require ability to maneuver (push, shove, pull) barrels and

cages weighing up to 400 pounds with assistance of another person or

with moving equipment such as two-wheelers

Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with

associates and the public

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally,

including in hostile situations, and in writing

Ability to acquire and maintain a valid Kansas driver\'s license
An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety

of other individuals in the workplace.

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment

physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory

evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.

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