Animal Shelter Technician
Certification Training Classes
AACIS animal shelter technician certification courses are the best way to prepare you employees and ensure the public and animals are served by well-trained, ethical personnel. The AACIS Animal Shelter Technician certification course provides the most modern curriculum available to ensure shelter technicians stay safe from animal-related injuries, hazardous chemicals, drugs, and other serious risks commonly associated with animal shelters.
These courses are designed for people who work in an animal shelter environment during the normal execution of their work duties. Animal control officers, animal shelter workers, and shelter volunteers are our most common students for these classes.
Animal Shelter Technician Certification
40-Hour Certification Course
Training topics animal knowledge, biosecurity, technician safety, vaccination protocols, sanitation and disinfection, animal handling and restraint, equipment usage, drug safety, documentation and reporting of shelter incidents, animal shelter function and design, and more.
Humane Euthanasia Technician
40-Hour Certification Course
This course is for law enforcement, animal control, and shelter staff whose job duties include performing humane euthanasia of domestic animals. This course involves 8 hours of classroom instruction and hands-on practice drills, and 8 hours of clinical work actually performing humane euthanasia procedures on dogs and cats.
Bite Stick / Oleoresin Capsicum Spray
40-Hour Certification Course
This course is designed for law enforcement, animal control, and shelter staff that encounter potentially dangerous dogs during the normal execution of their duties. The proper use of bite sticks and oleoresin capsicum spray are vital equipment to help ensure the safety of the employee. This course requires students to participate in physical exercises involving bite sticks and exposure to oleoresin capsicum spray.
Leadership and Customer Service
40-Hour Certification Course
Training topics include the role of public service, communicating with the public, identifying customer needs, professionalism, and more.
Domestic Animal Parasitology
8-Hour Certification Course
This course is to designed to train students to know the common internal and external parasites that negatively impact the overall welfare of domestic animals. Topics will include general parasite knowledge, methods of transmission, methods of testing for parasites, treatment, and the best practices in biosecurity.
Infrared Thermometry
8-Hour Training Course
This course is for investigators that utilizing infrared thermometry technology to assist with animal cruelty investigations. Topics include infrared radiation, equipment specifications, temperature measurement methods, and reporting and documentation.