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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
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Agricultural Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Agricultural Technicians
- 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 Research Technician”
- Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems.
- Transplant trees, vegetables, or horticultural plants.
- Set up laboratory or field equipment as required for site testing.
- Supervise pest or weed control operations, including locating and identifying pests or weeds, selecting chemicals and application methods, or scheduling application.
- Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results.
- Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring.
- Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing.
- Prepare or present agricultural demonstrations.
- Operate farm machinery, including tractors, plows, mowers, combines, balers, sprayers, earthmoving equipment, or trucks.
- 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.
- 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 laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively.
- Record environmental data from field samples of soil, air, water, or pests to monitor the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) practices.
- Perform laboratory or field testing, using spectrometers, nitrogen determination apparatus, air samplers, centrifuges, or potential hydrogen (pH) meters to perform tests.
- Supervise or train agricultural technicians or farm laborers.
- Prepare culture media, following standard procedures.
- Conduct insect or plant disease surveys.
- Perform crop production duties, such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, or harvesting crops.
- Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.
- Determine the germination rates of seeds planted in specified areas.
- Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care.
- Devise cultural methods or environmental controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent.
- 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.
- Respond to general inquiries or requests from the public.
- Collect animal or crop samples.
Related Technology & Tools
- Power dusters
- Laser printers
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Drying ovens
- Plows
- Light trucks
- Granule applicators
- Reverse osmosis systems
- Electronic counters
- Soil moisture neutron probes
- Rakes
- Weight meters
- Moisture meters
- Disks
- Vacuum blood collection tubes
- Harvesters
- Spray-dip machines
- Aerosol generators
- Water samplers
- Aerosol foggers
- Threshers
- Cultivators
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Animal tatooers
- Milk cooling equipment
- Combine harvesters
- Ladders
- Heavy cargo trucks
- Livestock scales
- Crop sprayers
- Weather instruments
- Notebook computers
- Desktop computers
- Reach pole saws
- Blood collection syringes
- Trenchers
- Chemical sprayers
- Steam autoclaves
- Elastrator bands
- Nitrogen test meters
- Chisel cultivators
- Planting sleds
- Air samplers
- Fertilizer or seed spreaders
- Air compressors
- Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
- Tracked bulldozers
- Callicrate banding systems
- Personal computers
- Animal head-locks
- Grain augers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Power saws
- Electronic bench scales
- Balers
- Laboratory separators
- Insect collectors
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Dipping vats
- Planters
- Sample vials
- Gas welders
- Egg setters or hatchers
- Pruning shears
- Pollen collectors
- Animal chutes
- Artificial insemination syringes
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Soil sterilizers
- Steam sterilizers
- Sweep cultivator shovels
- Egg incubators
- Infrared lamps
- Spectrometers
- Agricultural tractors
- Temperature gauges
- Bed shapers
- Harrows
- Milking machines
- Hypodermic syringes
- Tablet computers
- Animal measuring sticks
- pH meters
- Mowers
- Temperature controlled reach-in growth chambers
- Vaccination syringes
- Surface thermometers
- Portable refractometers
- Microsoft Office
- Desktop publishing software
- SAP
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Email software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Data entry software
- Statistical software