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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

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Tasks for “Agricultural Technicians”

Record environmental data from field samples of soil, air, water, or pests to monitor the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) practices.
Respond to general inquiries or requests from the public.
Supervise or train agricultural technicians or farm laborers.
Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.
Perform tests on seeds to evaluate seed viability.
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.
Devise cultural methods or environmental controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent.
Prepare laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively.
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.
Conduct insect or plant disease surveys.
Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems.
Perform general nursery duties, such as propagating standard varieties of plant materials, collecting and germinating seeds, maintaining cuttings of plants, or controlling environmental conditions.
Prepare culture media, following standard procedures.
Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing.
Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring.
Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results.
Prepare or present agricultural demonstrations.
Perform laboratory or field testing, using spectrometers, nitrogen determination apparatus, air samplers, centrifuges, or potential hydrogen (pH) meters to perform tests.
Transplant trees, vegetables, or horticultural plants.
Set up laboratory or field equipment as required for site testing.
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.
Determine the germination rates of seeds planted in specified areas.
Collect animal or crop samples.
Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care.
Supervise pest or weed control operations, including locating and identifying pests or weeds, selecting chemicals and application methods, or scheduling application.

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Portable refractometers
Hypodermic syringes
Desktop computers
Spray-dip machines
Mowers
Planting sleds
Soil sterilizers
Harvesters
Pruning shears
Surface thermometers
Benchtop centrifuges
Rakes
Reverse osmosis systems
Vacuum blood collection tubes
Notebook computers
Tablet computers
Personal computers
Combine harvesters
Reach pole saws
Sample vials
Granule applicators
Pollen collectors
Personal digital assistants PDA
Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
Crop sprayers
Chemical sprayers
Laboratory separators
Laser printers
Harrows
Vaccination syringes
Infrared lamps
Ladders
Chisel cultivators
Heavy cargo trucks
Plows
Aerosol generators
Power saws
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Soil moisture neutron probes
Egg incubators
Cultivators
Power dusters
pH meters
Callicrate banding systems
Animal chutes
Air samplers
Temperature gauges
Egg setters or hatchers
Water samplers
Bed shapers
Steam autoclaves
Electronic counters
Milk cooling equipment
Planters
Electronic bench scales
Milking machines
Animal measuring sticks
Animal head-locks
Spectrometers
Fertilizer or seed spreaders
Compound binocular light microscopes
Weight meters
Grain augers
Agricultural tractors
Artificial insemination syringes
Blood collection syringes
Dipping vats
Tracked bulldozers
Aerosol foggers
Balers
Steam sterilizers
Trenchers
Threshers
Moisture meters
Temperature controlled reach-in growth chambers
Insect collectors
Gas welders
Shielded arc welding tools
Elastrator bands
Animal tatooers
Sweep cultivator shovels
Nitrogen test meters
Light trucks
Weather instruments
Air compressors
Livestock scales
Drying ovens
Disks

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