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Arkansas Department of Workforce Services Animal Services Officer in Benton, Arkansas
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Animal Services Officer
Pay Grade: \$34,320 - \$54,932.80 or \$16.50 26.41 per hour
SUMMARY
The Animal Services Officer serves the city residents by educating and enforcing
laws/ordinances/resolutions pertaining to animals. Also ensures the humane disposal
of animals when necessary. Position is deemed essential personnel and safety
sensitive.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the
following Essential Duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the
position:
Shall respond to all calls involving an animal.
Operates a City vehicle to patrol the City; maintains a vehicle in a clean and
sanitary manner.
Answers questions and provides information to the public regarding animal laws,
ordinances, and procedures.
Investigates alleged violations of animal laws and ordinances; interviews
suspected violators and witnesses and gathers appropriate physical evidence;
obtains and serves seizure warrants.
Issues citations and warnings to violators; testifies in court as required.
Captures, restrains, and handles a variety of animals by using available
equipment; transports captured animals to Animal Services Center.
Investigates animal bites, prepares detailed reports, and quarantines biting
animals for rabies hold.
Tranquilizes and euthanizes animals by injections; maintains accurate euthanasia
records.
Disposes of dangerous, injured, and dead animals found within the City limits.
Maintains files of each investigation; maintains record cards for each animal
impounded.
Document all calls responded to in Shelter Management.
Assists in adoption fairs and educational programs for local organizations.
Will be required to work and serve on-call outside of normal business hours,
including nights, weekends, and/or holidays as needed by the department.
Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.
This job description and the enumerated Essential Duties are intended to provide
general guidelines for job expectations and the employees ability to perform the
position described. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all functions,
responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be
assigned or assumed by the incumbent as necessary to fulfill the requirements of the
position.
ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee
frequently works outside in adverse weather conditions, and in an office environment
with exposure to fumes, dust, toxic or caustic chemicals. The position requires regularly
driving a motorized vehicle.
The position involves writing, keyboarding, speaking, listening, lifting, carrying, seeing
(such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and adjusted focus), sitting,
pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.
The incumbent for this position may operate any or all the following: telephone, copy
and fax machines, scanner and image systems, computer terminal, personal computer,
printers, or other equipment as directed.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to
talk or hear; frequently required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; and frequently
required to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must
occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by
this job include close vision, and color vision.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical
demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee
to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.