A Necropsy Technician IV performs basic skills and procedures within a team. Necropsy minimally includes administrative functions and activities within Necropsy and Histology. Within these laboratories, this individual can work independently on internal work and is supervised on external work while becoming more efficient in skills required of the department training plan. These skills may include handling tissues and organs, trimming tissues, embedding, measuring organ weights; microtomy, slide preparation, staining; inventory and quality control, and shipping of tissues. Additionally, the technician may perform skills which include animal handling, euthanasia, and sedation; animal procedures including dissection; collection of samples and weights; laboratory preparation, set up and cleaning; preparation of laboratory solutions. The technician is working on internal studies independently, and external work with some oversight.