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.