Keeper Volunteer - Ectotherms Section
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Whipsnade, Central Bedfordshire
Keeper Volunteer - Ectotherms Section
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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Whipsnade, Central Bedfordshire
- Part time
- U
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 3 Jun | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 93b94072db334b0c8a7ae1c58bf31553
Location ref: Whipsnade, Central Bedfordshire
Full Job Description
We are looking for volunteers to come in for one day a week on the Ectotherms section under the supervision of the keeper team to help care for a range of fish, reptile and invertebrate species. Day to day husbandry tasks will include:
- Taking temperatures of exhibits
- Help managing water quality readings and sample collection
- Water changes and maintenance of fish tanks
- Feeding reptiles and invertebrates
- Helping to breed endangered and extinct in the wild fish species This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience in the zoo industry while also contributing to real ex situ conservation efforts and stop some of our species from becoming extinct. The role can be what you make of it, so a high level of enthusiasm and willingness to learn will help successful candidates to make the most of this opportunity.
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo holds the UK's largest freshwater breeding collection of fish. The Aquarium holds 72 species of freshwater fish, many of which are endangered and 5 of which are extinct in the wild.