Plant Tissue Culture Lab Technician

DXN Holdings Bhd; Alor Setar; On-site; MYR 20,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Education support

Meal Allowances

Travel Allowances

Long Service A

Job summary

DXN Holdings Bhd is seeking a laboratory assistant to support daily lab activities and nursery operations at its Alor Setar, Kedah facility. You will prepare media, maintain equipment, and assist in plant tissue culture processes to ensure quality and traceability.

The role involves routine housekeeping, data recording, compliance with SOPs, and teamwork in a busy agricultural lab environment. Training will be provided, with opportunities to learn across lab, nursery, and cultivation tasks.

Qualifications

• Minimum SPM or equivalent.
• Higher education in Agriculture field is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Prepare laboratory equipment, materials, and consumables required for daily operation.
• Maintain laboratory readiness through proper organisation, cleaning, and maintenance of equipment, work areas, and facilities.
• Perform routine laboratory housekeeping activities.
• Perform plant tissue culture activities, including culture initiation and culture transfer (subculturing).
• Prepare stock solutions and culture media according to established SOPs.
• Involve in monitoring culture growth and maintaining proper culture handling practices.
• Involve in decontamination activities for contaminated cultures, laboratory equipment, and work areas.
• Involve in cleaning, washing, and preparing culture bottles and laboratory glassware for sterilisation and reuse.
• Involve in nursery operations, including plantlet transfer, preparation of planting substrates, and acclimatisation activities.
• Involve in routine plant maintenance, monitoring, and assessment of plant growth performance.
• Support nursery housekeeping activities to maintain a safe and clean environment.
• Involve in recording and maintaining accurate laboratory data, including culture observations, production records, and contamination monitoring.
• Involve in the preparation, labelling, and organization of culture materials to ensure proper identification and traceability.

Skills

Lab operations

Plant tissue culture

SOP adherence

Teamwork

Communication

Education

SPM or equivalent

Higher education in Agriculture

Tools

Sterilisation equipment

Culture media preparation tools

Job description

DXN Holdings Bhd is seeking a laboratory assistant to support daily lab activities and nursery operations at its Alor Setar, Kedah facility. You will prepare media, maintain equipment, and assist in plant tissue culture processes to ensure quality and traceability.

The role involves routine housekeeping, data recording, compliance with SOPs, and teamwork in a busy agricultural lab environment. Training will be provided, with opportunities to learn across lab, nursery, and cultivation tasks.