Zoo Exhibit Technician

Requirements MOS Code: None Education and Experience: A High School diploma, GED, or higher, and two (2) years experience constructing or renovating structures using various building trades techniques and materials.

Licenses and Certificates: Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose Under general supervision, design, fabricate, and maintain zoo animal and other exhibits, displays, enclosures, features and habitats.

Typical Duties Devise, construct, and repair artificial environments, enclosures and displays for zoological park.

Involves: Prepare sketches, drawings, calculations, and diagrams for exhibits, displays, enclosures and habitats.

Build and assemble molds or structures to create artificial rockwork, boulders, trees, waterfalls, ponds, streams, other environmental props, wood, metal and plastic frames, foundations, and structures that may be temporary, mobile or fixed..

Prepare concrete.

Create camouflage doorways, vents, viewing windows, exhibit and grounds features.

Blend artificial environment with natural environment by sculpturing, painting and camouflaging.

Refurbish existing exhibits which includes, coating ponds, and other water receptacles, and replacing concrete exhibit work and fiberglass displays.

Design, assemble, install and maintain various required opening, locking, security and animal handling mechanisms and enclosures.

Install and maintain required electrical or mechanical exhibit or enclosure features.

Set up required lighting or other related displays.

Supervise and work with metal welding and soldering materials, equipment and fabrications.

Provide guidance to staff that assist with projects.

Assign and review work.

Enforce animal and staff safety requirements.

Support Zoo operations, special events and maintenance needs.

Serve as lead worker as assigned.

Substitute for supervisor duties as requested.

Maintain materials, supplies, equipment and work environment requirements.

Involves: Prepare ordering of supplies and materials and assist in acquisition and purchasing for projects.

Conduct research to identify current and best material for projects.

Maintain supplies, equipment and materials in an orderly fashion.

Assist with grounds and building maintenance, and zoo operations as needed.

General Information For the complete job specification, clickhere.

Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

Note: This is a new advertisement for Zoo Exhibit Technician.

You must apply if you are still interested in this position Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications.

Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.

This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application.

Comments such as "See résumé" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history.

We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.