Trialing Specialist Technician
Core
Execute research-level yield trials for corn, soybean, and wheat to generate high-quality data for identifying superior-performing crop products.
Role type
Field technician for agricultural yield trials
Builds
Research-level yield trial plots and data
Domain
Agriculture / Agronomy
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Operating and maintaining agricultural machinery, planting, spraying, harvesting, phenotyping, lifting up to 50 pounds, working in extreme temperatures, valid driver's license
Preferred skills
Operating drones and automated phenotyping equipment, pesticide applicator license, minor repairs on plot equipment, understanding of agronomy practices
Technologies
Precision planters, drones, automated phenotyping equipment, research combines, tractors, cultivators, sprayers, harvesters
Responsibilities
Plant, spray, maintain, and harvest research-level corn, soybean, and wheat trials; Operate and maintain agricultural machinery and research equipment; Perform field layout and data collection; Communicate project status and data quality to supervisors
Seniority
Individual Contributor, seasonal peak-time employee