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Agricultural Technician
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What they do
A Food or Agricultural Technician assists agricultural and food scientists with research and testing related to safety and quality control. May focus on testing and lab analysis for animal crops and animal feed, or focus on testing and lab analysis for food, food crops, processed food, food additives and food containers.
$40,444 / year median in Virginia
+10% projected growth
Job Description
537104 Warsaw, Virginia, Virginia Eastern Virginia AREC Hourly Wage/Part-Time Agriculture & Life Sciences Job Description This individual will perform basic seed processing and data collection duties at the Eastern Virginia AREC, located in Warsaw, Virginia. The position duties include field and lab data collection, seed processing, basic equipment operation, plot planting and harvest, grass cutting, and other agricultural research related duties. This is a grant-funded, part-time position capped at 1500 hours per year. Renewal each year will be dependent on availability of grant funds. Required Qualifications Experience with data collection in an agricultural research setting Experience in small plot research; plot layout & design, planting, and harvesting operations Experience in post-harvest data collection, including weighing plots and cleaning seed Experience operating zero-turn mower Preferred Qualifications Experience with basic tractor and farm equipment operation Experience using electronic forms of data collection (tablets) to collect and upload data to the cloud Pay Band 1