Animal Control Worker Job Description
The Animal Control Worker handles for the purpose of investigations of mistreatment, or control of abandoned, dangerous, or unattended animals.
Tasks for Animal Control Workers
- The Animal Control Worker investigates reports of animal attacks or animal cruelty, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and writing reports.
- The Animal Control Worker captures and removes stray, uncontrolled, or abused animals from undesirable conditions, using nets, nooses, or tranquilizer darts as necessary.
- The Animal Control Worker examines animals for injuries or malnutrition, and arrange for any necessary medical treatment.
- The Animal Control Worker euthanizes rabid, unclaimed, or severely injured animals.
- The Animal Control Worker supplies animals with food, water and personal care.
- The Animal Control Worker cleans facilities and equipment such as dog pens and animal control trucks.
- The Animal Control Worker prepares for prosecutions related to animal treatment, and give evidence in court.
- The Animal Control Worker educates the public about animal welfare, and animal control laws and regulations.
- The Animal Control Worker contact animal owners to inform them that their pets are at animal holding facilities.
The Animal Control Workers needs knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. The Animal Control Workers need knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. The Animal Control Workers need knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. The Animal Control Workers need knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. The Animal Control Workers need knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. The Animal Control Workers need knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. The Animal Control Workers needs knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Skills for Animal Control Workers
- The Animal Control Worker gives full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the skill to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- The Animal Control Worker uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- The Animal Control Worker must talk to others to convey information effectively.
- The Animal Control Worker must be able to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- The Animal Control Worker must be aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the skill to bring other together to help reconcile differences.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the skill to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision making.
- The Animal Control Worker must have the skill to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Abilities for Animal Control Workers
- The Animal Control Worker needs the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions this includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- The Animal Control Worker needs the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.