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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 “Seed Laboratory Technician”

Devise cultural methods or environmental controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent.
Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing.
Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results.
Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.
Supervise or train agricultural technicians or farm laborers.
Transplant trees, vegetables, or horticultural plants.
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.
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.
Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems.
Prepare culture media, following standard procedures.
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 laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively.
Determine the germination rates of seeds planted in specified areas.
Perform crop production duties, such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, or harvesting crops.
Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring.
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.
Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care.
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.
Collect animal or crop samples.
Respond to general inquiries or requests from the public.
Perform tests on seeds to evaluate seed viability.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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