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Position Summary:
The position provides support to the plant pathology research program at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Duties will include, but are not limited to: assisting research technicians in planting, maintaining, spraying, and harvesting research plots; assisting with data collection for laboratory and field research trials. This is an off-campus position located at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, VA.

Required Qualifications:
Ability to work in agricultural settings during all growing season months and do moderately strenuous labor associated with establishing, maintaining, sampling, and harvesting field research experiments; Experience with row crop and/or vegetable crop production systems; Experience working independently as well as in a team environment; Licensed to operate a motor vehicle; Must adhere to strong safety practices.

Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of a 2 year associate or technical degree in related field is preferred; Experience in small-plot agricultural research; Private pesticide applicators license or exhibit the ability to obtain a private pesticide license in Virginia; Experience with plant diseases/nematodes and an understanding of basic principles of pesticides, pest management, experimental design, and data recording.



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