Agricultural Technician

Job Description

This position is a career appointment that is 100% fixed.

Pay Scale: $21.85/hour to $26.12/hour

Key Responsibilities:

• 60% Assist with general agricultural operations in field, row and vegetable crops. Set up drip, furrow, flood and sprinkler irrigation. Assist with mixing and applying agricultural chemicals. Spray chemicals using hand and PTO driven sprayers.
• 20% Operate tractors, implements, trucks, and small handheld tools and equipment. Make adjustment or repairs, report discrepancies. Set-up, calibrate and adjust farm equipment. Conduct pre-use inspections of vehicles and equipment. Assist with general cleanup, repair and maintenance of equipment and facilities.
• 20% Assist with the occasional set up of research plots and data collection. Assist with occasional support of tours, grower field days, and other workshops and conferences.

Requirements:

• Skills to determine use and maintenance of equipment.
• Skills to operate hand and power tools.
• Skills to understand and apply safe work practices for research field trials, chemical applications.
• Knowledge of cultural practices for field, row and vegetable crops.
• Knowledge of pesticide regulations, safety procedures, and methods of application.

Preferred Skills:

• Skills to operate light and medium size trucks, tractors and attached implements.
• Skills to assist with mixing, calibration and application of agricultural sprays; and to operate pressurized hand and PTO-driven sprayers.
• Ability to read and understand pesticide labels and MSDS's.
• Ability to record field operation and spray application data.
• Skills to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Skills to interpret and understand all manuals, directives, and guidelines pertinent to job functions.