Laboratory Aide, Soil, Plant & Pest Center

Laboratory Aide, Soil, Plant & Pest Center - 240000004V 

Description

 

Lab Aide I

University of Tennessee Extension - Soil, Plant & Pest Center

(Nashville, TN)

 

 

Duties/Responsibilities:

 

The UT Soil, Plant, & Pest Center Administrative Assistant II is directly responsible to the Laboratory Director.  This is a part time position with an 8 hour per week base appointment.  Hours can increase as workload allows during the soil ad forage testing season.  Total hours are capped per year at 750.

 

Duties include:

Sample preparation 

- Opening samples from walk-ins, mail, and courier services.

- Arranging submission sheets with samples and payment.

- Logging samples in with appropriate lab number.

- Drying and grinding soil, plant, and forage samples

- Weighing or scooping samples for analysis.

- Cleaning lab-ware for future use.

 

Sample analysis with supervision

- Help make chemical reagents used in extracting or measuring soils, plants, and forages.

- Extracting, filtering, digesting, diluting, bringing to volume.

- Lining up samples for analysis on instruments.

- Assist in measuring pH, soluble salts, organic matter, texture, nutrients. 

- Weigh forage samples for dry matter weights.

 

Office tasks as needed.

- Receipting

- Entering sample information and sample data

- Folding reports and placing in mail

 

Qualifications

 

Minimum/Required Qualifications (include education, experience, skills & abilities, licenses & certifications):

·        Must have a high school diploma, or equivalent.

·        Must have a valid driver’s license.

·        Must be reliable and punctual.

 

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

·        Additional education beyond high school diploma preferred.

·        At least one college level class in a chemical, physical, geology, or biological science lab with a grade of B or higher. 

·        Experience in a private or public laboratory is also preferred.

 

 

 

 

UT Extension provides a gateway to the University of Tennessee as the outreach unit of the Institute of Agriculture. With an office in every Tennessee County, UT Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to citizens throughout the state. In cooperation with Tennessee State University, UT Extension works with farmers, families, youth, and communities, to improve lives by addressing problems and issues at the local, state, and national levels.

 

Job
  Research Technical 
Primary Location
  US-Tennessee-Nashville 
Organization
  Related Activities-Non-Offset 
Schedule
  Part-time 
Campus/Institute  Institute of Agriculture 
Job Posting
  Jan 24, 2024, 2:13:29 PM