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Job Title: Animal Welfare Specialist 3 - Senior Trainer Level (Dolphins, Sea Lions or Combination) Department: Marine Operations Division: Marine Mammal (Dolphin or Sea Lion) Reports to: Marine Mammal Manager FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Job Summary: The Animal Welfare Specialist 3 (AWS 3) holds an important leadership role within the team. AWS 3 staff will collaborate with the Marine Mammal Manager to ensure the highest standards of animal welfare and training are practiced and taught daily in the dolphin, the sea lion or a combination of both departments (Arranged during application process with candidates pending candidate interest, experience and Coral World needs). Responsibilities include managing advanced training sessions, overseeing daily care routines and interactive sessions, and stepping in as the acting supervisor as needed. Duties/Responsibilities (Essential Functions): Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions . - Assists the Marine Mammal Manager in managing the overall animal operation; which also includes developing, mentoring, and supervising animal welfare specialist staff members. - Responsible for making critical animal training and operational decisions in the supervisor's absence. - Draw upon extensive marine mammal care and training experience to manage complex behavioral challenges and train advanced behaviors without assistance. - Communicate effectively and work collaboratively within a team. - Provides excellent customer service and can positively navigate customer service or guest-related issues when they arise. - Effectively monitor, manage, and progress all staff through SOPs, educational material and animal training modules. Communicates notable details to leadership in a timely manner. - Lead and coordinate hurricane and emergency preparedness tasks appropriate to skill level. - Can safely participate in and learn to lead animal acquisition and restraint for veterinary or emergency evacuation procedures as needed. - Requires strong leadership and communication skills and acts as both a mentor for the entire training staff and an objective voice for the Marine Mammal Manager. - Performs all cleaning, food preparation, and recordkeeping duties performed by AWS 1 and 2 positions to an exceptional level and regularly works with dolphins and/or sea lions for interactive programs and educational presentations. - Perform other duties as assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Work Environment: This job operates in a professional environment (indoor and outdoor). The employee will be exposed to sunny, warm, humid, and wet conditions. This role routinely uses standard equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, file cabinets, etc. Physical demands This position requires the employee to sit, stand, walk, or move for most of his/her working hours but occasionally must stoop, kneel, or crouch. ASW 3 is required to walk around the park sometimes on uneven ground and up and down stairs. The ASW 3 is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, using hands to handle or feel. The ASW 3 is required to be in constant communication with guests during programs requiring the AWS 3 to talk and hear. ASW 3 must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, walk on slippery surfaces, work in freezers and cold rooms, work on wet uneven surfaces, work outdoors in all elements including hot weather. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. ASW 3 duties are frequently performed under physically demanding conditions and potentially ha