This responsibility shall be fulfilled in part through the provision of training and instruction to those personnel.
Necessary qualifications vary with one's duties.
PIs must have qualifications in conducting experimentation in their field of science, including literature search, experimental design, data collection and analysis. Animal care technicians' qualifications relate to observations for health, proper housing, proper feeds and feeding methods, animal identification, etc. Persons performing animal experimental surgery must have experience and training in the surgical procedures they are to perform, as well as pre-surgical preparation of the animal subject, anesthesia maintenance and monitoring, and postoperative care. Basically, anyone performing any aspect of animal experimentation or husbandry must be sufficiently trained or experienced in the techniques they will perform to assure the resultant welfare of the animals. Completion of this program is required for all NCSU personnel who work unsupervised with experimental animals, prior to performing such work and at least every three years thereafter.