Aquarist - Part-Time
Core
Provide husbandry care for animals in exhibits at Bass Pro Shops, including SCUBA diving for cleaning, feeding shows, and maintaining life support systems.
Role type
Part-time aquarist (animal care)
Builds
Animal exhibits and life support systems for retail visitors
Domain
Retail / Aquarium husbandry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
SCUBA diving, animal husbandry, life support system maintenance, water quality analysis, fish feeding show performance, record keeping, diet preparation, parasite identification, troubleshooting mechanical systems
Preferred skills
Elasmobranch experience, mechanical and plumbing experience
Technologies
Life Support Systems (LSS), water quality instruments
Responsibilities
Maintain animal life support systems (plumbing, pumps, filters, heaters), perform fish feeding shows with narration, analyze water quality trends, provide general care and biopsies for animals, report on animal behavior and health, travel for maintenance and supply pickup
Seniority
Entry-level, part-time