Primary Function:
Technicians will support program staff and perform scientific technician duties as requested. Technicians will perform basic tasks including compiling and extracting data from a variety of prescribed sources and providing other program support as needed.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Support shellfish hatchery facilities, raceway system, shellfish genetic lines facilities as well as the shellfish genetics research area.
- Understand safety procedures in the laboratory,
- Observe samples under a microscope.
- Use appropriate molecular techniques to characterize disease and genetics in samples.
- Assist with sample preparation, qPCR and metabarcoding, outsourcing for sequencing and analyses as needed.
- Use microbalances and macro balances according to the standard operating procedure.
- Use calipers to measure bivalves.
- Assist with bivalve spawning, larval rearing, juvenile and adult shellfish maintenance in a hatchery setting.
- Assist with algal feeding for larval, juvenile, and adult shellfish in the hatchery and in experiments.
- Clean and maintain infrastructure (buckets, tubes, trays) used to hold animals long-term or for experiments.
- Assist with repairs and upgrades to the hatchery and other spaces at the Milford/other lab used for experiments and animal rearing.
- Attend scientific and educational conferences to present research material and network on current and future projects (as appropriate).
- Incumbent will learn and contribute to procedures involved in genetics and husbandry and operation of support systems, including data collection and archiving.
- Mentoring by staff technical experts will be provided, along with detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents
- Incumbents will implement daily work plans provided by staff mentors and keep detailed records of all activities.
Compensation:
Candidates will be paid an hourly rate to be negotiated and total compensation will vary depending on the employee’s experience. This is a part–time position working 10-15 hours a week.
Minimum Qualifications:
High school or undergraduate students
