ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER I

Animal Control Officer I

Join our team as an Animal Control Officer I. As an Animal Control Officer I you will, under general supervision, enforce State, County and City codes and ordinances governing animal control including the care and treatment, impounding, quarantine, licensing vaccination, and regulation of a variety of animals.

The County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States. Our seven animal care centers serve over 3 million residents across 45 contract cities and unincorporated areas. We cover a diverse area of more than 3,400 square miles, providing 24/7 animal control and rescue services.

Essential Job Functions

What you will do:

• Patrol an assign geographical area in a light truck observing for violations or respond to incidents.
• Capture both domestic and wild animals, using equipment and methods appropriate for animal abatement and control; may require chasing, climbing fences and crawling under houses.
• Inspect animal facilities to ensure conformance to laws; explain violations and need for correction of such things as poor sanitary conditions, inadequate food and over-crowded conditions.
• Issue citations, licenses, warnings and/or legal notices; enforce licensing laws.
• Assist a Registered Veterinary Technician by prepping and restraining animals for vaccination or euthanasia.
• Assist a veterinarian in a spay and neuter clinic or during euthanasia, as needed.
• Serve as office information officer and radio dispatcher; receive in-person and telephone requests for information and animal control services from citizens and public agencies and dispatch officers to routine incidents, as needed.
• Report to a field command post established to provide extended hours of animal containment, capture and relocation in emergencies such as brush fires, floods or animals loose on public thoroughfares, as needed.
• Testify in court as to facts related to violations of animal control laws, as needed.
• Present departmentally prepared and approved educational programs including tours, lectures, slides and demonstrations at schools and civic meetings, as needed.
• Pick up small dead animals manually and large animals such as horses or cows, using a truck-driven winch and harness, as needed.
• Provide assistance in office operations or in kennels, as needed.

Requirements

Selection Requirements:

Six months of full-time paid experience at the level of Animal Care Attendant I* in an animal regulatory agency.

Other Requirements:

Possession of certification indicating successful completion of a department-sponsored training program per California Penal Code Section 832** is required within six months of appointment as a condition of completing probationary status.

Out-of-class work experience in the service of the County of Los Angeles will not be accepted for this examination.

A valid California Class C Driver License; and a valid California Class B Driver License may be required.

The required license MUST be current and unrestricted; conditional, provisional, probationary or restricted license will not be accepted.

Physical Class IV – Arduous: This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions.

Additional Information

This is a noncompetitive examination. This examination is intended to merely qualify applicants. Applicants will be placed on an eligible register without indication of relative standing in the examination.

The eligible register from this examination will be used to fill vacancies within the Department of Animal Care and Control.

Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.