G/R01587P

Temporary Field/Research Assistant - Vegetable Field Trials

CAES-Plant Pathology

The University of Georgia (UGA), a land-grant and sea-grant university with statewide commitments and responsibilities is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (http://www.uga.edu/). UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA was founded in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly as the first state-chartered University in the country. UGA employs approximately 1,800 full-time instructional faculty and more than 7,600 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 36,000 students including over 27,500 undergraduates and over 8,500 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 17 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

In 2018, The UGA Tifton Campus began a yearlong Centennial celebration with various events to commemorate its 100th anniversary of providing updated research to the community.

Research is done on a wide range of commodities, including cotton, peanuts, vegetables and turf grass, all of which make agriculture the No. 1 industry in Georgia.

In 2004, a teaching program was initiated and it has been growing ever since. College-level instruction on campus is aimed at undergraduate and graduate-degree level study.

http://www.caes.uga.edu/campuses/tifton/departments/plant-pathology.html

Employee

03/25/2019

03/19/2019

Yes

This position is located in Tifton, GA, which is approximately 200 miles southwest of Athens, Georgia, 200 miles south of Atlanta, GA and approximately 70 miles north of the Florida line.

Tifton Area

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

Assist with field research- collect plant samples, label, flag, stake, planting, maintaining, and harvesting vegetable field trials

60

Maintain Greenhouse – care for plants in greenhouse: plant, weed, fertilize, water

30

Assist with repairs and maintenance on irrigation, farm machinery, state department vehicles

10

Temporary Service/Maintenance (NE)

1.0

Individual will provide field assistance including land prep, irrigation set up, and harvest of vegetables. Individual will provide assistance with basic field research as requested to include collecting plant samples, inoculating plant samples, setting up field studies including labeling and placing flags, stakes and markers. Individual will provide greenhouse assistance to include potting, fertilizing, inoculating and watering plants. Must be able to work outdoors in a research field environment collecting samples and maintaining research plots.

High school diploma; driver’s license required

Standing, lifting, enduring outside elements for extended periods of time

No

No

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