Animal Trainer

Biomedical Primate Research Centre

• About BPRC Legislation and ethics - Dutch Experiments on Animals Act Biomedical Primate Research Centre - About BPRC - Dutch Experiments on Animals Act Animal trainer Animal Science Department • 40 • Rijswijk At the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), we work on solutions for serious diseases, with the aim of achieving a longer and healthier life for everyone. Do you enjoy working with animals and do you have experience in animal training? And would you like to contribute to the welfare of our primates as well as to high-quality biomedical research? Then you might be our new animal trainer. Animal Trainer Animal welfare is central at BPRC. We have our own colony of over 900 macaques, most of which live in social family groups in spacious enclosures with plenty of opportunities for play and climbing. As an animal trainer, you are an essential part of the Primate Behaviour & Colony Management Team. You work closely with our primates and animal caretakers on a daily basis, with the aim of enabling the animals to cooperate calmly and voluntarily in husbandry, medical procedures and research. By minimizing stress, you contribute not only to the animals' welfare but also to the quality and reliability of research outcomes. What you will do You will work extensively with the primates and collaborate closely with animal caretakers, veterinarians and researchers. Your main focus will be coordinating the animal training programme. You will: - plan and organize animal training activities - support animal caretakers with training - train primates yourself for husbandry, medical procedures and research - contribute ideas to improve training and enrichment and record these in a system - collaborate with veterinarians and researchers and support studies - assist with colony management when needed and occasionally give tours Who you are You have a natural affinity with animals and remain calm a...