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