Job Description: Vector or Animal Control Technicians, are you ready to expand your experience and provide your professionalism to a small, friendly community? We are looking for someone experienced in either animal control or vector control and ready to learn more! As our Vector/Animal Control Technician II, some of your tasks will be to:
• Perform vector control inspections and operations.
• Fulfill animal control duties including enforcement of local laws pertaining to animal control. impound, quarantine, and investigate animals; dispose of deceased animals.
• Perform related work and support services as directed. Your responsibilities will also include but are not limited to (depending on current experience):
• Maintaining detailed records and creating reports and maps.
• Interpreting, applying, and enforcing State and local laws, regulations, and ordnances including City Municipal Code, issuing citations, and testifying in legal proceedings as necessary.
• Responding to public in appropriate and timely manner.
• Implementing fly and mosquito control programs and performing lab work.
• Surveying and inspecting for vector breeding sources, stages, types, and other factors.
• Contacting property owners to assist in mitigating vector producing sources.
• Monitoring or assisting in specific vector control operations.
• Patrolling assigned area to search for stray, sick, injured, or dead animals. Qualifications you will need:
• Three years of increasingly responsible experience providing vector control or animal control for a public agency
• Completion of high school or equivalent
• If experience is in vector control, specialized training in pesticide applications and vector control
• If experience is in animal control, you must have and maintain the following:
o CA Penal Code section 832 Certification o National Animal Control Association Level I and Level II Academy training or equivalent If this is your career path and you want to work with a dedicated and knowledgeable team, 9/80 schedule, and other excellent benefits,
www.moorparkca.gov/jobs for the full job description, benefits information, and to apply. This position is open until filled. First review of applicants is on August 26.