Cotton Student worker

Position Details

• Posting Number: G/R24929P
• Position Title:
  
  Cotton Student worker 2
• Department: CAES-Entomology
• Employment Type:
  
  Employee
• Location:
  
  Tifton Area
• Start Date:
  
  04/15/2024
• Open Until Filled:
  Yes

• Show up for work as scheduled
• Work up to 40 hours per week during the summer term
• Plant, fertilize, and water plants growing in the greenhouse for purposes of conducting research
• Assist postdoctoral scientists with trap labeling and organization, followed by sampling whiteflies in the field or on sticky cards placed throughout south Georgia
• Assist the graduate student with servicing insect traps in peanut processing and storage facilities located across south Georgia
• Assist the Research Professional with maintaining a clean and safe working environment for the benefit of all lab members
• Wash glassware, weigh out materials, and conduct laboratory assays under supervision
• Assist postdoctoral scientists with data collection in the field to include identification and enumeration of pests and natural enemies of cotton and grain sorghum
• Assist the Research Professional with grain sampling and grain movement

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