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Job Description
Set up or maintain laboratory equipment and collect samples from crops or animals. Prepare specimens or record data to assist scientists in biology or related life science experiments.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4011.01
Also Known As…
- Senior Agricultural Assistant
- Seed Analyst
- Research Technician
- Research Specialist
- Research Associate
- Research Assistant
- Laboratory Technician (Lab Tech)
- Agricultural Technician
- Agricultural Research Technologist
- Agricultural Research Technician
- Urban Gardening Specialist
- Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
- Seed Tester
- Seed Technician
- Seed Specialist
- Seed Laboratory Technician
- Seed Laboratory Assistant
- Seed Expert
- Seed Analysis Laboratory Assistant
- Research Technologist
- Plant Control Aide
- Permaculture Contractor
- Moisture Tester
- Landscaping Specialist
- Insect Control Aide
- Fowl Blood Tester
- Field Service Poultry Technician
- Feed Research Technician
- Feed Research Aide
- Faculty Research Assistant
- Extension Associate
- Culture Media Laboratory Assistant
- Cow Tester
- County Extension Agent
- Cattle Tester
- Blood Tester
- Biotechnician
- Biological Aide
- Agriculture Technician
- Agriculture Research Laboratory Assistant
- Agricultural Specialist
- Agricultural Researcher
- Acidity Tester
Tasks for “Agricultural Technicians”
- Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems.
- Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.
- Prepare laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively.
- Collect animal or crop samples.
- Supervise pest or weed control operations, including locating and identifying pests or weeds, selecting chemicals and application methods, or scheduling application.
- Perform tests on seeds to evaluate seed viability.
- Supervise or train agricultural technicians or farm laborers.
- Operate farm machinery, including tractors, plows, mowers, combines, balers, sprayers, earthmoving equipment, or trucks.
- Perform crop production duties, such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, or harvesting crops.
- Conduct insect or plant disease surveys.
- Conduct studies of nitrogen or alternative fertilizer application methods, quantities, or timing to ensure satisfaction of crop needs and minimization of leaching, runoff, or denitrification.
- Perform laboratory or field testing, using spectrometers, nitrogen determination apparatus, air samplers, centrifuges, or potential hydrogen (pH) meters to perform tests.
- Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results.
- Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care.
- Transplant trees, vegetables, or horticultural plants.
- Devise cultural methods or environmental controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent.
- Set up laboratory or field equipment as required for site testing.
- Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring.
- Perform general nursery duties, such as propagating standard varieties of plant materials, collecting and germinating seeds, maintaining cuttings of plants, or controlling environmental conditions.
- Record environmental data from field samples of soil, air, water, or pests to monitor the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) practices.
- Determine the germination rates of seeds planted in specified areas.
- Prepare or present agricultural demonstrations.
- Assess comparative soil erosion from various planting or tillage systems, such as conservation tillage with mulch or ridge till systems, no-till systems, or conventional tillage systems with or without moldboard plows.
- Prepare culture media, following standard procedures.
- Respond to general inquiries or requests from the public.
- Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing.
Related Technology & Tools
- Sweep cultivator shovels
- Weather instruments
- Dipping vats
- Moisture meters
- Heavy cargo trucks
- Electronic counters
- Plows
- Nitrogen test meters
- Temperature controlled reach-in growth chambers
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Insect collectors
- Crop sprayers
- Animal tatooers
- Water samplers
- Electronic bench scales
- Milking machines
- Weight meters
- Light trucks
- Harrows
- Tablet computers
- Granule applicators
- Notebook computers
- Egg setters or hatchers
- Chisel cultivators
- Temperature gauges
- Aerosol generators
- Cultivators
- Steam autoclaves
- Sample vials
- Livestock scales
- Grain augers
- Laboratory separators
- pH meters
- Pruning shears
- Tracked bulldozers
- Mowers
- Balers
- Rakes
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Drying ovens
- Planters
- Milk cooling equipment
- Personal computers
- Fertilizer or seed spreaders
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Soil moisture neutron probes
- Harvesters
- Trenchers
- Bed shapers
- Vaccination syringes
- Portable refractometers
- Reach pole saws
- Infrared lamps
- Vacuum blood collection tubes
- Air compressors
- Animal head-locks
- Aerosol foggers
- Surface thermometers
- Callicrate banding systems
- Spray-dip machines
- Agricultural tractors
- Planting sleds
- Hypodermic syringes
- Ladders
- Laser printers
- Pollen collectors
- Air samplers
- Gas welders
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Spectrometers
- Reverse osmosis systems
- Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Animal chutes
- Animal measuring sticks
- Desktop computers
- Soil sterilizers
- Power dusters
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Blood collection syringes
- Combine harvesters
- Power saws
- Chemical sprayers
- Steam sterilizers
- Elastrator bands
- Threshers
- Egg incubators
- Disks
- Word processing software
- SAP
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Data entry software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Email software
- Microsoft Office
- Statistical software
- Desktop publishing software