Agricultural Technician

Specialisations: Field Production Officer, Dairy Technician, Animal Breeding Technician, Agriculture Technical Assistant, Agricultural Research Technician, Poultry Technical Officer, Irrigation Technician, Herd Tester, Agricultural Technical Officer, Agricultural Sample Collector, Agronomy Technician, Agricultural Laboratory Technician, Wool Testing Technician, Artificial Insemination Technical Officer, Field Crop Technical Officer, Seed Research Technician, Seed Production Technician, Horticultural Technical Officer, Agricultural Technical Advisor, Agriculture Technical Specialist, Agricultural Sampling Officer

• Organizing maintenance and repairs of research equipment
• Collecting and preparing specimens such as soils, plant or animal cells, tissues or parts or animal organs for experiments, tests and analyses
• Analysing samples of seeds for quality, purity and germination rating
• Collecting data and estimating quantities and costs of materials and labour required for projects
• Analysing produce to set and maintain standards of quality
• Preparing materials and equipment for experiments, tests and analyses
• Conducting or supervising operational programs such as fish hatchery, greenhouse and livestock production programs;
• Assisting with and performing experiments, tests and analyses applying methods and techniques such as microscopy, histochemistry, chromatography, electrophoresis and spectroscopy
• Identifying pathogenic micro-organisms and insects, parasites, fungi and weeds harmful to crops and livestock, and assisting in devising methods of control