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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 “Permaculture Contractor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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