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Animal Control Officer I

Join our team as an Animal Control Officer I with the Department of Animal Care and Control. This is an open competitive job opportunity with applications accepted continuously starting August 16, 2024, at 8:00 am PT.

The Department of Animal Care and Control is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States, serving over 3 million residents across 45 contract cities and unincorporated areas. We provide 24/7 animal control and rescue services.

As an Animal Control Officer I, you will enforce State, County, and City codes and ordinances governing animal control including the care and treatment, impounding, quarantine, licensing, vaccination, and regulation of a variety of animals.

Essential job functions include:

• Patrol an assigned geographical area in a light truck observing for violations or respond to incidents.
• Capture both domestic and wild animals, using equipment and methods appropriate for animal abatement and control.
• Inspect animal facilities to ensure conformance to laws; explain violations and need for correction.
• Issue citations, licenses, warnings, and/or legal notices; enforce licensing laws.
• Assist a Registered Veterinary Technician by prepping and restraining animals for vaccination or euthanasia.
• Assist a veterinarian in a spay and neuter clinic or during euthanasia, as needed.
• Serve as office information officer and radio dispatcher; receive in-person and telephone requests for information and animal control services from citizens and public agencies and dispatch officers to routine incidents, as needed.
• Report to a field command post established to provide extended hours of animal containment, capture, and relocation in emergencies such as brush fires, floods, or animals loose on public thoroughfares, as needed.
• Testify in court as to facts related to violations of animal control laws, as needed.
• Present departmentally prepared and approved educational programs including tours, lectures, slides, and demonstrations at schools and civic meetings, as needed.
• Pick up small dead animals manually and large animals such as horses or cows, using a truck-driven winch and harness, as needed.
• Provide assistance in office operations or in kennels, as needed.

Requirements include:

• Six months of full-time paid experience at the level of Animal Care Attendant I in an animal regulatory agency.
• Possession of certification indicating successful completion of a department-sponsored training program per California Penal Code Section 832 within six months of appointment.
• A valid California Class C Driver License and a valid California Class B Driver License may be required.

The required license MUST be current and unrestricted; conditional, provisional, probationary, or restricted license will not be accepted.

Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

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