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Animal Care Technician - Summer Student Roles
Animal Care Technician - Summer Student Roles
Vivarium Research Technician
About the role
Your Opportunity
The Animal Care Technician provides humane care for research animals within the Cross Cancer Institute Vivarium, ensuring compliance with Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) guidelines and institutional standards. This role is essential to supporting Cancer Care Alberta’s research programs by maintaining high standards of animal welfare, facility operations, and regulatory compliance.
Description
Responsibilities include daily animal husbandry activities such as feeding, watering, health monitoring, cage changing, and maintaining a clean and sanitized environment through cleaning, disinfection, cage washing, and equipment sterilization. The incumbent also provides technical support to Principal Investigators, research staff, and students by assisting with laboratory animal procedures, delivering training, and contributing to the optimization of research methodologies. The position is responsible for maintaining accurate records related to animal health, breeding colonies, census data, and the use of transgenic and gene knockout mouse strains using specialized database systems.
Transition Company: Cancer Care Alberta Classification: Research Tech Union: Exempt Unit and Program: Cancer Care Alberta, Experimental Oncology Primary Location: Cross Cancer Institute Location Details: As Per Location Employee Class: Regular Part Time FTE: 0.50 Posting End Date: 06-AUG-2026 Date Available: 17-AUG-2026 Hours per Shift: 3.90 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $20.29 Maximum Salary: $33.83 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications
One or more of the following: Animal Health Technologist Diploma. Registered Veterinary Technologist Certification. Bachelor of Science.
Additional Required Qualifications
Strong attention to detail, excellent documentation skills, and competency in laboratory animal science techniques, including rodent handling, anesthesia, and injections, are required. A working knowledge of biosafety, radiation safety, and chemical safety as they relate to animal research is essential. The role involves physical demands, including prolonged standing and handling heavy bags of feed, cages, and equipment, and requires a strong commitment to animal welfare, teamwork, and scientific excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
Registered Laboratory Animal Technician through The Canadian for Laboratory Animal Science. Radiation Safety and Biosafety training.
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