Availability: Must have 5 days of unrestricted availability to include weekends, holiday, mornings, and late nights
Hours: 40 hours per week.
Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Must have a minimum of 5 days of unrestricted availability including weekends, holidays, early mornings and late nights.
- Must have or be able to acquire a valid California driver's license.
- Must have a bachelor’s degree or higher in a related animal science or have at least 5–8 years of work experience related to shaping and modifying animal behavior through operant conditioning and positive reinforcement completed within the last nine years.
- Must be able to read, write and speak English and must be comfortable speaking in front of large crowds.
- Must have strong swimming skills. Note: Placement in specific areas may require additional swim competencies including but not limited to carrying two 20-pound buckets 30 ft (including stairs), surface diving to 15 feet to retrieve a 5-pound weight, swimming one freestyle lap (approx. 120ft), swimming 60 feet fully submerged underwater and pulling yourself, unassisted, out of the water onto the ledge all to be completed within 8 minutes or less.
- Must possess the mental and physical capacities necessary to perform the primary job duties including lifting/moving 50 pounds, working indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions, working around/in cold produced seawater.
- Must be SCUBA certified.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Training
- Proficiency in MS office applications.
- Previous experience in the husbandry and training of a variety of marine mammal species.
- Basic understanding of water chemistry and filtration.
- Advanced knowledge of USDA regulations and Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA) Standards and Guidelines.
Safety Sensitive Position
