Ben Hanson is seeking a career working with animals and has extensive experience providing animal care. He has over 5 years of experience in various animal care roles, including as a Lead Animal Care Technician at Plum Island Animal Disease Center where he was responsible for daily husbandry duties and monitoring animal health. Prior to this, he worked as an Animal Keeper at Maymont Foundation where he cared for a variety of animals, and as a Farm Manager and Farmhand where he assisted with animal breeding, feeding, and maintenance. He has a B.S. in Animal Science and Technology from the University of Rhode Island.

1. Ben Hanson
293 High Street — Mystic, Ct — Phone: 401-524-2839 — E-Mail: bhans88@gmail.com
Objective
• To utilize my educational background and extensive hands-on experience for an
opportunity to have a successful, satisfying career with animals.
Experience
Lead Animal Care Technician-Plum Island Animal Disease Center Plum Island, NY
• Assigns daily tasks to animal caretakers and
conveys work instructions from the AC
Supervisor.
• Ensures work is assigned in a manner to prevent
possible cross contamination between animal
isolation rooms.
• Monitors work in progress, and evaluates work at
completion. Reports to supervisor on status and
progress of work, and any problems that
developed.
• Orders and monitors inventory of animal feed,
supplies, and equipment.
• Helps ensure environmental, occupational and
safety rules are followed, and that work with
animals is conducted as safely as possible.
• Determines amounts and types of feed for
different animal species, feeds daily, and records
on VMR.
• Observes daily appearances and behaviors of
experimental animals (both sick and healthy),
records these in VMR, and reports to higher level
employee.
• Captures, restrains, holds and positions animals
for procedures, examinations, and treatments.
• Dispenses and administers medications (e.g.
analgesics, anesthetics and antibiotics) and enters
into VMR.
• Collects blood and other tissues, labels them
correctly, and delivers expeditiously to PI.
• Euthanizes animals following prescribed
protocols.
• Dispenses carcasses and body parts following
established PIADC safety procedures.
• Cleans, decontaminates, and maintains animal
wing spaces and cages in accordance with ARB
SOPs. Operates autoclaves, pressure sprayers
and misters.
• Uses appropriate PPE and equipment as
described in ARB SOPs to protect self and fellow
workers from contamination, infection or injury.
• Enters/exits animal isolation rooms and moves
between animal rooms in strict accordance with
ARB and Safety SOPs to prevent cross
contamination.

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Animal Care Technician-Plum Island Animal Disease Center Plum Island, NY
June 2014-Present
• Responsible for carrying out all
husbandry duties required by the
contract.
• Knowledgeable and able to perform all
husbandry duties in accordance with
SOPs.
• Necropsy experience.
• Familiar with the following species;
rabbits, mice, pigs, cows, sheep, horses,
and goats.
• Monitor environmental conditions, as
well as perform animal health
surveillance.
• Technical abilities such as patient
restraint, medication administration,
sample collecting, monitoring and
treating animals, as well as euthanasia.
• Maintain animal health logs and animal
room records.
Animal Keeper - Maymont Foundation Richmond, Va February, 2013-June 2014
• Responsible for food preparation and
feeding, cleaning, and enrichment,
according to USDA and AZA guidelines of
all park and farm animals including but not
limited to: American Buffalo, bobcat,
American black bears, gray fox, American
bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, red-
shouldered hawks, black vultures, barred
owl, great-horned owls, Cooper's hawk,
pygmy goats, Nigerian goats, Sicilian
donkey, chickens, and Vietnamese pot-
bellied pigs.
• Reports any concerns of animal to proper
channels along with daily reports of general
park maintenance.
• Assists veterinarian on visits such as
capturing, crating, and transporting animal.
• Assists with Education department with
programs for school groups from
kindergarten through high school.
• Maintains upkeep of all exhibits and holding
areas throughout year.
• Responsible for training and presenting
bobcat and otters to public during
presentations.
• Responsible for removal of unwanted
animals on grounds.
• Completes daily reports of animal care,
observations, enrichment, and work
accomplished.
• Responsible for inventory of all cleaning
supplies of Children's Farm and park
animals.

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Farm Manager - Ice Pond Farm Fiskeville, RI 2007-2013
• Assist in the husbandry, showing and
breeding of alpacas.
• Responsibilities include: halter training, feed
and hay analysis, parasite identification and
control, breeding and neonatal care, monthly
injections, shearing and fiber analysis as
well as daily husbandry.
Farmhand - Pat’s Pastured East Greenwich, RI 2012-2013
• Processing of chicken, turkeys, and pigs
• Feeding and maintenance of animals such as
pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, turkeys, and
dogs.
• Using vehicles such as tractors and work
trucks to help maintain animals and pasture.
Server - Johnny Rocket’s Cranston, RI 2009-2011
• Provide food service to guests in a timely manner
• Clean restaurant and food processors daily
• Manage shifts when Managers are not available
TV Sales- Best Buy Warwick, RI 2007-2008
• Partner with other employees to ensure customers’ end-to-end needs for are met and that no customer is
left not served or underserved.
• Provide friendly, fast, and accurate processing for all customer transactions at the front lanes and
customer service while providing velocity solutions to customers.
• Develop strong relationships with customers by becoming a trusted advisor and partner in assisting them
in making technology more functional in their lives.
• Utilize all relevant sales tools to assist profitable growth drive and exceed department and individual
goals.
• Help answer questions and resolve customer issues.
• Engage customers using Best Buy Selling Skills while providing fast and friendly processing of all
transaction types

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Education
• University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 2009-2012
• B.S. Animal Science and Technology-
Environment and Life Sciences
• Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI 2007-2009
• CCRI Baseball Team
• Charlie Wilkes Scholarship Award for
academic success, citizenship and active
involvement in the Intercollegiate Athletic
Program
• Eagle Scout
Skills
• Exotic and Livestock Judging
• Birthing/Neonatal Care
• Feeding/Nutrition Planning
• Environmental Education
• Animal Education
• Breeding and Genetics
• Lab Animal Techniques
• Animal Training
• Ruminant and Non Ruminant Management
• Animal Enrichment