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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”.

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Tasks for “Research Associate”

Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring.
Perform tests on seeds to evaluate seed viability.
Collect animal or crop samples.
Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.
Prepare laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively.
Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results.
Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems.
Respond to general inquiries or requests from the public.
Transplant trees, vegetables, or horticultural plants.
Conduct insect or plant disease surveys.
Prepare or present agricultural demonstrations.
Supervise pest or weed control operations, including locating and identifying pests or weeds, selecting chemicals and application methods, or scheduling application.
Supervise or train agricultural technicians or farm laborers.
Determine the germination rates of seeds planted in specified areas.
Prepare culture media, following standard procedures.
Perform general nursery duties, such as propagating standard varieties of plant materials, collecting and germinating seeds, maintaining cuttings of plants, or controlling environmental conditions.
Devise cultural methods or environmental controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent.
Perform crop production duties, such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, or harvesting crops.
Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care.
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.
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 environmental data from field samples of soil, air, water, or pests to monitor the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) practices.
Set up laboratory or field equipment as required for site testing.
Perform laboratory or field testing, using spectrometers, nitrogen determination apparatus, air samplers, centrifuges, or potential hydrogen (pH) meters to perform tests.
Operate farm machinery, including tractors, plows, mowers, combines, balers, sprayers, earthmoving equipment, or trucks.
Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing.

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Air samplers
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Spray-dip machines
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Callicrate banding systems
Planting sleds
Temperature gauges
Weather instruments
Bed shapers
Balers
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Livestock scales
Milk cooling equipment
Sweep cultivator shovels
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Aerosol generators
Crop sprayers
Egg incubators
Moisture meters
Light trucks
Notebook computers
Trenchers
Mowers
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Egg setters or hatchers
Artificial insemination syringes
Personal computers
Disks
Animal chutes
Air compressors
Steam autoclaves
Pollen collectors
Harrows
Fertilizer or seed spreaders
Reverse osmosis systems
Rakes
Electronic counters
Ladders
Vaccination syringes
Steam sterilizers
Power saws
Chemical sprayers
Soil moisture neutron probes
Infrared lamps
Tracked bulldozers
Cultivators
Laboratory separators
Soil sterilizers
pH meters
Threshers
Harvesters
Power dusters
Laser printers
Animal head-locks
Personal digital assistants PDA
Benchtop centrifuges
Pruning shears
Electronic bench scales
Water samplers
Grain augers
Chisel cultivators
Sample vials
Insect collectors
Granule applicators
Agricultural tractors
Animal measuring sticks
Shielded arc welding tools
Elastrator bands
Milking machines
Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
Hypodermic syringes
Animal tatooers
Heavy cargo trucks
Dipping vats
Compound binocular light microscopes
Planters
Vacuum blood collection tubes
Portable refractometers
Gas welders
Temperature controlled reach-in growth chambers
Plows
Blood collection syringes

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