NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores · North Carolina · posted today
The North Carolina Aquariums at Pine Knoll Shores is seeking a dynamic, efficient, and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Aquarist. Reporting to the Aquarium Curator, this position will be responsible for the daily care of all animals in the display, holding and quarantine systems. This individual is also required to maintain life support systems as well as habitat and behind the scenes aesthetics. Key Responsibilities: • Maintaining the Aquarium's terrestrial and aquatic animal collection and associated quarantine area By logging into Workday, it does not constitute a contractual agreement. View Job Posting Details 07:18 AM 10/07/2026 Page 2 of 5 • Assisting with the care and collection planning of the education program animals. • Recognizing symptoms of disease and poor animal health and administering appropriate treatments, including quarantine of newly acquired specimens. • An understanding of operant conditioning, and implementation of behavior training • Maintaining life support systems. • Maintaining water chemistry in all assigned systems. • Managing effective quarantine of newly acquired specimens. • Ability to work within permitting guidelines of protected species • Maintaining accurate data bases. • Designing and creating new exhibits. • Conducting SCUBA assisted diving to maintain clean habitats and life support systems, performing educational dive programs, and collecting new specimens. • Acquiring and collecting new animals for display • Responding to animal strandings and rehabilitation
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