RESEARCH FARM ASSISTANT 1 RESEARCH FARM ASSISTANT 1

Supplemental Information

Research Farm Assistant 1

• Pay Scale: WS204
• Position Number: R00099752
• Location: Hill Farm Research Station, Homer LA
• Minimum Requirements: No experience or training required. For more information and Substitutions contact www.civilservice.louisiana.gov or the AgCenter HRM office.
• Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the work experience section of the application. Please list all work experience. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. You must include all relevant education and experience on your official application.
• No testing required.
• Apply online at https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU
• Application Deadline: 10/23/2024 or until suitable candidate is identified.

The LSU Agricultural Center is a statewide campus of the LSU System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

No experience or training is required.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To provide specialized routine repetitive care and maintenance of animals, crops, equipment, and facilities in a research/experimental environment.

Level of Work:

Entry.

Supervision Received:

Close from higher level personnel.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Location of Work:

State Universities, Agricultural Research Facilities.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Laborer–Farming by requirements for performing semi-skilled farming tasks and dealing with experimental crops and animals.

Differs from Research farm Assistant 2 by lack of skill in equipment operation and lack of knowledge of complex farming practices.

Examples of Work

Cares for livestock including: feeding, assisting with breeding and administering medication, routine milking of cows, and checking for security of animals.

Operates, cleans, and makes simple adjustments to equipment.

Operates tractors and other equipment to disk, prepare land, cultivate; learns to use equipment to plant, fertilize, irrigate, apply chemicals, and harvest crops.

Cares for plants and trees, from specific instructions by hand or using farming equipment.

Mixes and sterilizes soil and pots, germinates and transplants seed, assists with pollination; collects and labels seed.

Learns to keep simple records on feed mix, consumption, produce, mortality, etc.

Performs comparable farming tasks in other agricultural research areas such as forestry, aquaculture, agricultural engineering, etc.

Performs related tasks as assigned.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. 

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran’s Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher’s Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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