Classification Title: |
Agricultural/Food Scientist II |
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Job Description: |
Greenhouse / Shade house: tasks include but are not limited to implement, oversee, and develop light systems, sensors installation and/or troubleshoot/maintenance, irrigation systems, general upkeep, pollinations, data management, and plant population inventory. Implement and/or modify existing protocols for controlling weeds, pruning, fertilizing, and pesticide applications. Data collection and analysis, as well as cultural practices needed to sustain each project. Plant propagation: Modify existing ways of, processing, packaging, and storing of soilless media, flats, inserts, and containers. Uses prior knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures when planting and transplanting plants in containers, and use of plant growth regulators. ( Fieldwork: Implement, oversee, and develop planting (digging holes and planting plants in the ground), pruning, fertilization, data collection and analysis, irrigation systems, data management, plant population inventory, as well as cultural practices needed to sustain each project. Occasional travel/driving may be necessary for research/extension projects. Lab work: Study and implement ways to improve preparation of media for tissue culture (TC), explant disinfestation for TC, as well as oversee and develop reagents storage, inventory of chemicals, general housekeeping of tissue culture (TC) laboratory, TC supplies and equipment, TC culture room, cleaning of glassware, data collection and sample analysis. Program assistance: Including but not limited to conduct literature searches, perform appropriate statistical analysis of data, data entry, data organization, develop written reports as needed, set up or breakdown of extension programs/talks/events, plant label printing, plant label design, printing, make copies, supplies organization, inventory. |
Expected Salary: |
$45,600.00 |
Minimum Requirements: |
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Preferred Qualifications: |
Experience in ornamental plant production, greenhouse research, and plant tissue culture. |
Special Instructions to Applicants: |
In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.
Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date. |
Health Assessment Required: | Yes |
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