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