Research Assistant id-841
Full job description
Lethbridge (Alberta)
EG-03
$65,216 to $81,985
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Closing date: 2 June 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time
Who can apply: Persons residing within a 90 km radius of Lethbridge, AlbertaApply online
Important messages
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Duties
- Assisting with setting up of seed for field planting, including treating seed, preparation of tests for multiple locations, arranging seed in planting order, organising various nurseries, packing, shipping to various locations.
- May involve assisting with seeding of various types of plots (yield, single row and two rows, etc.) using tractor and specialized seeders.
- May involve staking of plots in the field, maintaining plots, mowing pathways, roguing off types.
- May involve collecting various agronomic data from the field (yield, height, days to flower, maturity, lodging, disease and insect damage, etc.).
- Preparing for harvesting of grain plots, including: labelling bags, arranging them in harvest order etc.
- Harvesting single plants and small plots using threshers, stationary combines and plot combines.
- Arranging of seed in plot order, weighing, cleaning and collecting data (agronomic, disease resistance and seed quality).
- Setting up of seed for indoor planting of seed increases and crossing blocks.
- Maintenance of plants in greenhouse and growth rooms.
- Assisting in developing new protocols and modifying existing protocols.
- Organizing and cataloging of seed using software.
- Maintenance of seed collections.
- Other plant breeding related duties as required.
Work environment
- The Gender and Sexual Diversity Inclusiveness Network.
- The Indigenous Network Circle.
- The Managers' Community.
- The Persons with Disabilities Network.
- The Student Panel of Representatives for Orientation, Unity and Training.
- The Visible Minorities Network.
- The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network.
- The Young Professional's Network.
Intent of the process
Immediate need: 1 temporary seasonal position (duration of 3 years - sunset funding).
The seasonal work period will be from August to April (8 months per year).
Please note that this position requires on-site presence in Lethbridge, Alberta.
A pool of qualified and/or partially qualified candidates may be established and used to fill similar seasonal positions.
In the event that an employee of the public service is qualified through this process, and there is a temporary need, they may be considered for acting, deployment, assignment or secondment opportunities.
Positions to be filled: 1
Information you must provide
Your résumé.
In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)
- Secondary school diploma or acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.
Degree equivalency
- Experience providing support in an agricultural field operation.
- Experience harvesting or threshing individual plants or plots.
- Experience processing a large number (> 100) of seed samples (e.g. cleaning, weighing, maintenance).
- Experience in the maintenance of plants grown in a greenhouse.
If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)
- Experience in the operation of small field equipment such as tractor or small-plot combine.
- Experience with hybridisation of field crops.
- Experience with hauling sma
