Career center

LOVE ANIMALS? LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PLACE TO LIVE WITH ALL UTILITIES PAID?

We strive to make the best environment for our animals. They come first. We hire various positions for different areas of animal care. Below you will find descriptions of each position and the rules that go along with them.

GENERAL EMPLOYEE POLICIES

  • Individuals will work six days a week
  • We DO NOT allow phones, while working. Any type of cameras. Any type of recording devices. Any type of alcohol. Any type of drugs. Any foul language
  • Uniform is required

POLICIES WHILE WORKING WITH ANIMALS

  • All cages are to have the following done daily - The entire cage raked and clean of any debris, trash, feces and leaves
  • Every food and water bowl is to be disinfected daily. No algae is allowed!
  • Every house is to be cleaned, inside and out daily
  • All cages are to be checked for broken wires and repairs daily
  • Enrichment toys and objects are changed daily
  • Exhibits are to be raked around the outside daily
  • Every animal is to be observed for health, happiness, and interaction with enrichment objects
  • Clean and fresh food is to be put out daily along with treats of the day
  • Your work equipment is to be cleaned and put away daily. You will be given a list of tools and supplies you will use daily
  • You will be required to be at work at 7:30 am. You will be required to be in uniform at all times. You will be required to go through a training program before be allowed to handle or touch any animal. You will be in training for one year. You will conduct yourself in the manner expected by this park.

PRIMATE CARE

Our primates and other small animals are considered in the small animal internship. There are approximately 300 animals and 61 species in this area. This is the highest priority area of the park for disinfections and it is done daily along with proper zoo formulated foods and strict diets .Enrichment is the most important part of this area as required by the USDA and we here at the park have a great plan in effect which gives the animals of this area something new every day.

WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY VIOLATIONS OF ANIMAL CARE OR ANYONE TEASING, TORMENTING, OR CAUSING NEGLECT TO ANY ANIMAL.

BIG CAT INTERNSHIP

This is one the most dangerous position of the park, and we will not employ or take volunteers for this area who can not follow rules and conduct themselves in the highest manner of professionalism possible. Some of these cats have been taken out of the worst of the worst environments possible. In this area, you will be in care for over 165 big cats which requires a lot of time, skill and patience. All of our cats are fed a strict diet made up by our vet of fresh raw meat and the best dry vitamins money can buy. All big cats are fed daily (in the morning) and are fasted one day per week. On the fasting day, they receive bones to chew on. Enrichment for the big cats are changed weekly.
  • NO ONE Is allowed to enter a cage with any of the big cats. Every cage is equipped with a lock out area so there is never a reason for the animal to be stressed or you put in danger.
  • NEVER lock or unlock cages while we are training you! While cleaning the cage, all rules apply. How clean the cages are to be applies to every animal on this park. The cages are to be "spotless." During the warm months of the year in Oklahoma, or anytime it is over 75 degrees, we change water for our cats and bears 5 times during light hours one time after dark (under 75 degrees the water is changed 3 times per day).
  • You will Learn You will work in a team-environment under a supervisor in a steady-paced work program. You will work with a large selection of animals. You will learn how to give them their natural enrichment. You will be able to work with the most intelligent animals there are. You will be expected to make them feel as natural as possibleYou will see the real tragedy of what private ownership has done to the animals we receive, and why some of the animals we have will never fully recover.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE ZERO TOLERANCE - VIOLATION WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION

  • Sticking your fingers, hands or any part of your body into a cage with an animal in the cage.
  • Teasing or abusing any animal on the park
  • Coming to work hung over, with alcohol on your breath.
  • Gossip or any drama what so ever.
  • Not feeding or watering animals according to protocol.
  • Not cleaning or disinfecting cages according to protocol.
  • No loud or fowl language used on the park.
  • Letting an animal out of a cage.
  • Not locking a cage when your done working in it.
  • These do not have any warnings to them
  • Not following written protocols.
  • No drinking on the park, or outside housing at all

RULES YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT APPLY TO EVERYONE

  • You may smoke at work but you will not leave butts on the park grounds.
  • You may drink soda and water while doing chores, Until you prove you cant keep track of your bottles, cups, cans.
  • No cell phones except on supervisors.
  • You need to be on time for work. 7:30 am no later
  • You need a doctors excuse to miss work
  • You will not be told to keep staff housing clean
  • You will need to take your house trash to the park dumpster as needed.
  • All gates and barrier gates are to be shut at all times.
  • Your drinking at home in the evenings should be done in moderate amounts, I will not tolerate drunks.
  • We will not tolerate any kind of drama, loud parties or other issues in staff housing.
  • The park is licensed with a alcohol license and a tobacco license and alcohol can not be consumed on property that was bought off property. This will cost large fines and loss of license so it is strictly forbidden.
  • Remember we have the USDA, State of Oklahoma Fish and Game, The Federal Fish and Game, the EPA, DEQ, State and local Law enforcement watching every move we make and every customer with a camera is taking pictures of everything you do. There is no room for any unprofessional behavior on the park at all.

MANAGERIAL DUTIES AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

You are a park Manager and this is not an office job, your crew must gain your respect by doing what you expect them to do. Below is a guidline to follow but keep in mind you are working with animals so you will have many days that something comes up that you must take care of out side the guidelines.
  • 6:30 am - a complete walk through of the park is made, you will check for sick, dead, new born animals, making sure everyone is safely in their compound where they belong before allowing unarmed staff or customers in the park. You observe areas that need the most attention. Then you unlock the park
  • Next you will lock down the primates, either inside or outside the primate house.
  • 7:30 am - Staff meeting. everyone is to be on time. Set out the course of every crew's day and what needs to be done. You assign who does morning watering before crews get started. You the manager are head of the big cat section in the back side of the park. This is your area, and should be the best looking area of the park. Setting an example is the best way. During this time you will be called to secure the primates in or out before anyone is allowed to shift them. After your crew is done in your area, it is time to build, fix, ect. Your crew may be assigned to another crew in order to help them get done on time.
  • During the day you will need to make a couple of walk throughs to make sure animals are being watered 4 times per day and cages are being cleaned right. People are in their areas and things are being picked up behind the crews.
  • When produce arrives daily, all crews secure their areas and produce is sorted and put away, right away. The only exception is if they are in the primate house, this area can not be left half done because water for drinking is only inside the house.
  • After all crews are done than you do the managers walk, and things you find wrong are fixed before anything else is done. Then extra things can be done. But when one crew finishes before another they are moved to help finish the crew who is behind.

OTHER OBJECTIVES

  • All gates and barriers are to be closed at all times including the back gate and med building.
  • Crews are responsible for their equipment. If you break it, you buy it. Before they can get anything new, they must provide the broken one to buy out of the park store.
  • Quality pet orders are filled out on Sunday nights. Stillwater Milling orders are to be filled out on Thursday nights. Supplying the Commissary is to be done on Saturday nights
  • Mowers and carts are to have oil checked and gassed up before the start of each day.
  • All crews are responsible for weed eating and raking around the entire exhibits.
  • When it is very hot, the animals cages, trees, bamboo needs to be hosed down 2 or 3 times per day to cool the area. Anytime the weather is below 45 degrees, the primates, birds, roos, and warm climate animals are to be locked inside.
  • Any illness, death, birth, vet care or repairs must be documented in the proper books.
  • No one is to be in the office, or hanging around the gift shop.
  • DO NOT LET PEOPLE TELL YOU RUMORS, With everyone living on the park, drama will wear you out more than anything, I run one policy, if it has to do with the care of the animals, talk to me. If it has something to do with a fellow staff member, bring them to me and then talk to me. If you don't have enough guts to talk to me in front of them, stay away from me. If it is about someone off the park, keep it away from me. If they say this is how you do it other than the way it is in written protocol show them the book. Any time I change something, it will be in writing in the book. Once you tell them to shut up you donn't want to hear their drama, trust me they wont bring it to you.
  • Anything taken out of the store must have a purchase order done.
  • At the end of the day which is no earlier than 7pm, a complete walk through is done to insure cages are secure, gates are locked, lights are off, animals have water, etc.
  • No one is to stick fingers, hands, ect, through a cage.
  • Colored shirts are warn for a reason, this tells you what area they are allowed in.
  • All cages are to be: Fully raked, water bowls scrubbed in and out, housing cleaned in and out, weed eated, any holes filled with gravel, houses that have gravel in them needs to be above ground level so water does not run in the house. Bird poop on cage rails washed off, Cages checked for repairs and enrichment. Treated for flies daily and rat poison out every Monday.
  • The meat freezer and commissary are to be highly inspected daily. Their floors, refrigerators, counters, and no open bags or containers allowed no matter what.
  • Tuesday is meat day, when the meat truck comes in, everyone is to be done with their chores by 1pm, no one gets out of this duty. Meat is bagged and vitamins put on them, you must have 23 barrels with 30 bags in each barrel. Pay very close attention to your crews and what they feed, no cat food or dog food is to be used with food coloring in it, the feeding protocol is written down. And thin cats have a double feed policy.
  • Crews will be responsible for decorating their exhibits and landscaping around them.
  • We will not tolerate anyone changing policy, or playing stupid about a policy, there are training books in the office that have written policy and feeding protocol in them. Policy violations are to be written up, after 3 times they are to be fired. Safety policies have no warnings, ONE STRIKE IS ALL YOU GET. At no time are fraid ropes, blankets, wires, or anything allowed in a cage that could cause the potential of an animal hanging itself or getting caught in something.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR A POSITION WITH GW EXOTIC ANIMAL PARK PLEASE EMAIL US HERE WITH YOUR NAME, CONTACT INFORMATION. A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND A COPY OF YOUR RESUME.