Zoological Specialist
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About the Role
Miral Experiences seeks a Zoological Specialist at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi to perform animal husbandry, training, and guest interactions. The role requires 2 years of relatable animal experience, excellent swimming and diving skills, and knowledge of avian or marine mammal husbandry.
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Responsibilities
- Performs daily husbandry tasks including administration of vitamins and medication as directed
- Prepares food, provides proper nutrition and constant care of animals
- Maintains safe, appropriate and sanitary living conditions for all animal habitats
- Applies proficient behavioral modification techniques including developing and implementing new behavior
- Ensures guests, personal, and animals’ safety through constant monitoring of behavioral precursors
- Provides proactive guest services through guest interactions, pre and post shows, and responding to guest inquiries
- Makes daily observations of animals and reports any abnormalities to the leadership team
- Maintains all animal records, equipment, area responsibilities, and communication requirements on a daily basis
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent
- 2 years of relatable animal experience in a professional setting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Excellent swimming and diving skills
- Basic mathematical skill
- Basic computer knowledge including MS Office and animal recording system
- Demonstrate an understanding of avian husbandry and incubation principles and techniques (for Aviculture)
- Demonstrate an understanding of marine mammal husbandry and training principles and techniques (for Marine Mammal)
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About the Role
- To ensure a smooth and efficient operations of the SeaWorld Abu Dhabi facilities in Zoological Department by safely fulfilling the duties in animal/guest interactions, animal training, husbandry, enrichment, general public presentations, and research.
- This position requires standing in a prolonged period, moves/lifts up to 25kgs of load; also requires to work in varying shifts based on business need. This includes: opening, mid, and closing shifts, nights, weekends and holidays.
Key Responsibilities
- Performs daily husbandry tasks including administration of vitamins and medication as directed.
- Prepares food, provides proper nutrition and constant care of animals.
- Maintains a safe, appropriate and sanitary living conditions for all animal habitats.
- Applies proficient behavioral modification techniques. This includes, but is not limited in developing and implementing new behavior, training of naïve animals with minimum supervision, training behavior to completion without supervision, proactively maintaining conditioned behavior, and the ability
- Ensures guests, personal, and animals’ safety through constant monitoring of the behavioral precursors of potentially harmful behavior by both animals and people.
- Assists on the training of colleagues and animals as directed by the leadership
- Provides proactive guest services through guest interactions, pre and post shows, and responding to guest inquiries.
- Performs assigned roles in education and general public programs, and guest interaction programs.
- Makes daily observations of animals and reports any abnormalities to the leadership team.
- Maintains all animal records, equipment, area responsibilities, and communication requirements on a daily basis.
- Functions as Ambassador by displaying consideration, tolerance, cooperation, open communication, and reliability; maintains a consistent attitude, motivation, and ability to accept feedback.
- Ensures all policies, guidelines, manuals and SOPs are followed at all times.
Qualifications & Experience
- Essential: High School diploma or equivalent
- 2 years of relatable animal experience in a professional setting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Excellent swimming and diving skills
- Basic mathematical skill
- Basic computer knowledge including MS Office and animal recording system
- Aviculture: Demonstrate an understanding of avian husbandry and incubation principles and techniques
- Marine Mammal: Demonstrate an understanding of marine mammal husbandry and training principles and techniques
- Zoo Support & Rescue: Demonstrate an understanding of marine mammal, avian, and reptilian husbandry/rescue/rehabilitation techniques
- Desirable: College background in Psychology, Zoology or Biology is a plus
- CPR/AED certified
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