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