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