The Canine Club
Job Description
Dog Day Care Attendant
You need to:
ü Care
about dogs, and
ü want
to learn more about dog behavior, and
ü want
to learn more about getting dogs to do what you want.
ü Be
proactive in your duties.
ü Be
able to do gross stuff.
ü Be
a non-smoker.
ü Enjoy
physical labor and be able to regularly lift 50 pounds.
ü Know
that this is a physically demanding job.
ü Know
that this is a mentally demanding job.
ü Know
that your earnings, in large part, will be in the forms of education,
scheduling flexibility, free services and at-cost supplies.
ü Demonstrate
self-control, particularly when under duress.
ü Know
how to be a team player.
ü Know
how to have fun!
Your duties, in order of importance are to:
1.
Monitor dogs – regardless of anything else
that you are doing, paying attention to what the dogs are doing is of paramount
importance.
2. Mop
& Scoop – hopefully this is self-explanatory. Don’t forget to keep monitoring the dogs.
3. Intake
& Release of dogs, including relevant money handling and documentation.
4. Reading
the notebook, clipboards, job board & chore list – it is important to know
what has been going on and what needs to be done.
5. Completing
assigned jobs (daily chores, scrub list, etc.).
6. Visiting
with dogs – This is one of the best parts of the job, but it must come after
attending to the safety and well-being of the dogs.
Starting pay is currently $7.00/hr, then $8.00/hr after
successfully completing probation. Just to reiterate, you can get off of
probation as soon as you can finish one of our six-week classes (and assuming
you’ve completed all of the other requirements).