Kennel Assistant

3 weeks ago

Centurion, South Africa Paws Park Midstream Full time

**KENNEL ASSISTANT - Paws Park Midstream**

Paws Park is a doggy day care and kennel facility located in Midstream, just south of Centurion. We require the services of a Kennel Assistant who loves dogs and people.

A Kennel Assistant provides care and the basic needs of dogs that are being boarded or visiting us at doggy day care.

Essential skills
- Have a genuine love for dogs, they are the centre of our business.
- Possess able to communication well (written and verbal) in English.
- A qualification in **dog care** will be beneficial.
- At least 12 months experience at a facility looking after dogs (even on volunteer level) will be beneficial.
- Possess a positive outlook even during busy workload. Willingness to learn and ability to retain information taught
- Ability to work a 4-day rotating shift roster; the employee must sleep in during his shift period.

Key tasks
- Ensure that the dogs are fed and receive medication (if required) as per Owners instructions.
- Dogs must have access to fresh and clean water at all times.
- Wash and sterilize water and food bowls daily.
- Clean, sanitise and maintain kennels, runs and park as often as is necessary to ensure that the environment is clean and hygienic at all times.
- Observe dog appearance and activity for general physical condition, obvious signs of illness, disease and/or discontent.
- Record information such as feeding schedules, appearance, behaviour of dogs that are boarded.
- Ensure that kennels and dogs are properly numbered and identified and that personal property (toys, treats, blankets, leashes) are stored in the proper area and identified.
- Ensure that boarded dogs are stimulated both physically and mentally on a daily basis.

**Salary**: From R28,00 per hour

Application Question(s):

- Have you had more that 2 years experience in dog kennelling?

Application Deadline: 2023/04/27

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