Microbiology Laboratory Technician

Description:
MUST HAVE:
- Bachelors specific to life sciences but excluding chemistry for Bachelors candidates.
- Taken Microbiology or a related class or industry experience in micro
- Able to work in an environment with strong smells.
- Be mature as the night shift has less supervision.
PLUS:
- Graduated within the last 6 months
Biology/Microbiology - The candidate must come form a life science experience. They can either have a degree in the field or industry experience in a lab. The best candidate would have heavy experience in microbiology.
Aseptic/Sterile - They will be using sterile and aseptic techniques to handle and test specimens without cross contaminating them.
Candidates will be responsible for processing and prepping incoming samples. they receive domestic and forging food samples that need to be tested prior to distributing the product. This is a lab in the food industry so the candidate must be able to deal with strong smells. They will prepare media and solutions for testing, use an autoclave to sterilize products and tests, crush food products to get them to a testable state, test for bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella, record results in lob books, calibrate equipment and more.
Candidates will be given more responsibilities as they prove they can handle it.
Skills:
Microbiology, "Lab* Tech*", Aseptic, biology, biochemistry, "biological sciences", bacteria, "e.coli", sterile, autoclave, streaking, pipette
Top Skills Details:
Microbiology, "Lab* Tech*", Aseptic, biology, biochemistry, "biological sciences", bacteria, "e.coli", sterile, autoclave, streaking, pipette
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Life Sciences related area such as Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, etc Experience working inside a lab whether in school or at a company. 0-3 year
Experience Level:
Entry Level
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