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