Now Hiring
Now hiring part-time zookeeper aides (relief keepers) and zoo animal commissary aides!
Please send your resume and cover letter to Nichole Lemcke via email at nlemcke@folsom.ca.us.
Part-Time Zookeeper Aide (Relief Keeper)
The Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary is seeking to hire part-time zookeeper aides (relief keepers). These positions are not to exceed 999 hours per fiscal year. Zookeeper aides will be required to have at least one weekend day of availability. Zookeeper aides work holidays, weekends, and occasional evening events. Pay range is $16.90 - $18.00 per hour.
Zookeeper aides fill relief shifts for full-time zookeepers on their assigned sections. Duties include most aspects of animal husbandry and enclosure maintenance such as raking, scrubbing, hosing, preparing diets, administering medications, creating and delivering enrichment, observing animal behavior, and recording notes. Zookeeper aides also assist with light maintenance on exhibits and will maintain areas around the exhibits and in service areas. This position requires the ability to work an eight-hour shift outdoors in all weather conditions. Zookeeper aides will perform physical tasks like bending, twisting, and lifting.
Working hours for zookeeper aides are generally 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the summer) with occasional evening shifts available for special events.
Only candidates with paid or extensive volunteer experience with exotic animals or native wildlife will be considered for this position. Paid experience with hoofstock or other large animal experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Experience with domestic animals and personal pets will not be considered.
Part-Time Zoo Commissary
The Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary is recruiting for a casual part-time Zoo Animal Commissary Aide position at the Zoo. The total hours per fiscal year (July-June) cannot exceed 999 hours. Pay begins at $16.90 per hour.
This position requires regular availability a minimum of two days a week including a Saturday for a minimum of six months. Zoo commissary aides working hours are from ours are 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (11:00am-3:30 p.m. in Summer).
Previous animal care or commissary experience (paid or volunteer) in a zoo, sanctuary, stable, farm, or wildlife care setting and/or experience with food handling is highly desired. Zoo commissary aides must be comfortable using knives and handling raw meat, frozen/defrosted prey items, and feeder insects. A willingness to learn to use power tools is necessary.
Zoo commissary aides perform duties such as:
- Preparation of animal diets including reading and following specific diets, weighing out food, and preparing as directed and with attention to detail.
- Washing and sanitizing dishes and animal enrichment items.
- Maintaining the animal commissary according to USDA standards including cleaning floors, countertops, sinks, and fixtures.
- Overseeing and training animal commissary aide volunteers.
- Accepting deliveries of produce, meat, prey items, and other packages.
- Compliance with Zoo Safety Standards and Animal Welfare Standards.
- Other Related Duties as Assigned
Please note that this position does not work directly with zoo sanctuary animals.
