Animal Keeper Associate: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Posted on: 6 Jan 2023
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Job Description
Job Summary:
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is looking for candidates for an Animal Keeper Associate position. This is a full-time, hourly position. You will report to the Zoological Managers.
Responsibilities:
Maintain the care, well-being, management, behavioral conditioning, and enrichment of a collection of African hoofstock and birds.
Responsibilities include: cleaning, animal observations, diet preparation, and medications. Report abnormal conditions to zoological managers.
Maintain daily records, collecting and logging information, and ensuring this information is communicated to management and the central record keeping system of Disney's Animal Kingdom.
The work includes physical labor in ambient outdoor temperatures and weather conditions in Central Florida, which may include extreme heat and humidity.
Keepers are part of an area animal team and must work in a team environment. Also work with maintenance, horticulture, and veterinary staff; operations managers, educators and scientists.
Provide animal information and conservation messages through participating in guest programs.
Basic Qualifications
Demonstrate observation, evaluation, and data collecting skills
"Guest" focus
High school degree or equivalent plus a minimum of either:
One year paid experience as a keeper in an AZA accredited institution, or in an institution with equivalent standards, and/or at least two years of verifiable college course work (60 semester hours).
Ability to work in a large team environment
Experience working with a variety of hoof stock species, including but not limited to, large and small ungulates, equids, and giraffe.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with large terrestrial mammals and birds
Microsoft Office proficiency
Practical knowledge of operant conditioning
Required Education
High school degree or equivalent plus a minimum of either:
One year paid experience as a keeper in an AZA accredited institution, or in an institution with equivalent standards, and/or at least two years of verifiable college course work (60 semester hours).
Walt Disney
Burbank, CA
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Walt Disney or simply Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks.
Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division, Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main divisions are Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Disney Media Networks, and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, National Geographic Network, and A&E Networks; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a group of 14 theme parks around the world.
The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1991. Cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, is one of the world's most recognizable characters, and serves as the company's official mascot.
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