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