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Assisting in medical evaluations, administering preventative care and administering medication to sick animals. Responding to health forms submitted by staff and volunteers, triage cases and report necessary medical issues to DVM’s promptly.Prepare and intubate surgery patients.Abilities include drug dosing calculations, knowledge of standard small animal illnesses, catheter placement, blood draws, taking radiographs, administering medications subcutaneous, intramuscular and IV as needed

Assist veterinarians during scheduled appointments, get necessary previous history from clients and enter notes, restrain animals for exams, radiographs and blood draws as needed as well as fill medications during appointments

Assisting with the pre-medication and sedation of cats and dogs for surgery.Cleaning and sterilizing surgical packs.Filling medications for animals in the shelter as well as for animals in off site locations and in foster.Assist veterinarians and other medical technicians in the clinicRecover animals after surgery Assist with medical appointments for animals in fosterWork with veterinarians to see wellness and sick appointments of animals in foster and onsiteIntake new medical patients as well as emergency care. On call overnight once a week, managing emergency calls from fostersOther skills include blood draws, catheter placement, subcutaneous injections, intravenous injections and intramuscular injections.

General animal care, assisting with medical treatments and assisting with anesthetic recovery.

Safely facilitate and actively supervise participants ages 4-6 at all times while engaging in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities.Develop, modify and teach program activities to accommodate various ages, abilities and interests.

Develop, submit and implement weekly age appropriate curriculumAssess developmental needs of each childMaintain communication with parents by daily reports, weekly emails, bi annual conferences and assessmentsAdditional responsibilities include developing and implementing a weekly science class

Support lead teacher in daily activitiesPlan and lead activities for the pre-kindergarden after care programSupervise 1 - 2 assistants in the after care program

- Pick up elementary school children from a local elementary school- Help prepare and distribute snack- Help children with homework- Supervise children in various activities which includes a sport or arts and crafts activity

Taught elementary school children various subjects pertaining to ecology. Subjects included wind energy, solar energy, team work, art appreciation and stream ecology.

- Help children improve their climbing while enrolled in the climbing club. Ages in the climbing club range from 6 – 16.- Working at the desk doing basic clerical duties including checking members in, help new climbers with safety information and answering phones- Helping out with birthday parties by belaying, talking with parents and motivating children while climbing

- Sell merchandise (Women’s Technical Clothing – Outdoor Jackets, Exercise Clothes)- Organize shelves, restock shelves and racks- Answer phones, Work Registers

Fixed and organized gear at Indiana University Outdoor AdventuresBasic clerical duties like answer phone calls, pick up the mail, sign people up for trips, renting and returning gear

Leading or assisting and planning various outdoor trips Teaching and leading 1 credit outdoor recreation classes which include 2 classroom meetings and a weekend in the fieldOrganizing the menu and food shopping for the trips

- Prepare gear for trips and guide rafts down the South Fork of the American River (Class III)- Prepare, cook, serve, clean up meals for customers (groups ranging from 5 – 150 people)

Guide rafts down the South Fork of the American River (Class III)Drive shuttle

- Guide rafts down the French Broad (class II – IV)

Assisted on 12 day trips with 13 – 15 year olds which included backpacking, whitewater rafting, rock climbing and menu planning