Duties of a person working in a pet shop?

Answer 1

Responsibilities may include the following:

# feeding/providing water to pets # cleaning out fish tanks and their filtration systems, changing the water # cleaning out and disinfecting cages, removing 'waste' # checking the animals and fish regularly for signs of disease or sickness # serving customers # dealing with a range of customer inquiries about animal care, breeding, etc # unloading deliveries, shelf-packing and pricing. Full-time pet shop assistants usually work around 39 hours a week, sometimes including weekends and evenings. Many work part time. The work is mostly indoors. There is some heavy lifting involved. Some animals and birds bite.

Answer 2

There are a number of duties which may be undertaken by a person working in a pet shop. These include:

• Feeding and watering the animals
• Cleaning animal cages / tanks
• Dealing with customers
• Ordering new stock
• Cleaning the shop
• Opening and closing the shop at the beginning and end of the business day