Research Farm Assistant 2

Louisiana State University

7d • $27,269 - $49,067 • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides specialized routine repetitive care and maintenance of animals, crops, equipment, and facilities in a research/experimental environment. The role requires experienced individuals who can operate complex farm machinery and perform complex tasks. It differs from a Research Farm Assistant 1 by involving more complex farming practices and skilled equipment operation.

Requirements

• One year of experience in the care of animals; the general care of crops, shrubs, or plants; or farm-related equipment and machinery operation.
• Six semester hours in an agricultural field.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Cares for animals, transporting animals, administering medication, checking health.
• Operates, cleans, and makes adjustments and repairs to related equipment.
• Operates complex farm machinery to perform standard farming tasks along with exacting field production techniques, i.e. chemical application, setting up beds, plot, harvesting, etc.
• Learns to layout research parts.
• Maintains grounds, pastures and other places around the station.
• May operate equipment such as tractors and mowers to perform basic tasks associated with care of animals and facilities.
• Assists with monitoring fencing.
• May perform comparable farming tasks in other agricultural research areas such as horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, agricultural engineering, etc.
• May perform maintenance tasks involving a variety of trades.

Benefits

• retirement
• multiple medical insurance options
• supplemental insurances (dental, life, long-term disability, accident, vision, long-term care, etc.)
• Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some childcare and medical expenses)
• university holidays (14 per year)
• generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• possible educational leave and tuition exemption for coursework at campuses of the LSU System

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed