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Saskatoon Animal Control Agency provides Animal Control Services for the City of Saskatoon. We are currently seeking a part time employee to enforce the City's Animal Control Bylaw No. 7860, and Dangerous Animal Bylaw No. 8176.
Applicants must be bondable, and have a valid drivers license. Experience with animals and bylaw enforcement would be an asset but is not necessary. Applicants must be available to work shift work including evenings and weekends. Must reside within city limits.
Duties include, but are not limited to: Dispatch, responding to complaints, citation issuance, picking up strays animals and transporting them to the City Pound, bike patrol, court attendance.
Please note: The position may be filled prior to the application date, should the right applicant apply. Please apply early.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Driver's licence
- By-law enforcement training courses
Specific Skills
- Advise on laws and regulations
- Report contraventions of laws and regulations to appropriate authorities
- Prepare field and statistical reports
- Perform related clerical duties
- Issue warnings, citations and tickets
- Investigate complaints
- Input and retrieve computer data
- Handle specialized equipment related to specific by-laws such as weights and measures and animal control
- Enforce municipal or provincial regulations
- Attend and provide testimony in court
Type Of Work Experience
- Humane society inspector
- By-law enforcement officer
- Animal control officer
Work Setting / Industry Experience
- Private agency
Weight Handling
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)