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114340
RESEARCH FARM ASSISTANT 2
WS206 $27,269 - $49,067
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 10/01/2022

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To provide specialized routine repetitive care and maintenance of animals, crops, equipment, and facilities in a research/experimental environment.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Experienced.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
General from higher-level personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None, although employees may assist and train lower level personnel.
LOCATION OF WORK:
State Universities; Agricultural Research Facilities.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from a Research Farm assistant 1 by the presence of responsibilities which require knowledge of complex farming practices and by requirements for skilled equipment operation to perform complex tasks.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Operates complex farm machinery/equipment to perform exacting field production techniques, i.e. chemical application, close cultivation, setting up beds, plot harvesting, etc.

Cares for livestock including: mixing and administering feed, transporting, administering medication, checking health, breeding, and milking cows.

Makes adjustments and repairs to farm equipment.

Keeps simple records on feed mix ingredients, consumption, produce mortality, seed, and other farming operations.

Learns to lay out research plots.

Performs comparable farming tasks in other agricultural research areas such as forestry, aquaculture, agricultural engineering, etc.

Performs related tasks as assigned.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
One year of experience in the care of animals; the general care of crops, shrubs, or plants; or farm-related equipment and machinery operation.

SUBSTITUTIONS:
College credit in agricultural courses will substitute for the required experience on the basis of one semester hour for two months of experience.

NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

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