Soil & Water Lab Work-Study: Data & Field Tasks

Georgia 4-H; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Georgia is seeking a part-time student technician (federal work-study) to join the Soil and Water Lab in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources for Fall 2023. Responsibilities focus on lab work and data entry, with some field work possible.

The role emphasizes basic lab skills, record keeping, and careful handling of samples while supporting environmental and natural-resource research efforts.

Qualifications

• Basic laboratory hygiene
• Basic laboratory techniques (filtering, pipetting, standard curves)
• Familiar with Excel spreadsheets and/or R for data entry
• Quantitatively capable of manipulating data for unit conversions
• Interested in environmental and natural resource-related issues (beneficial, not required)

Responsibilities

• Processing soils, plant tissues, or waters for chemical analyses (40%)
• Laboratory hygiene (30%)
• Maintaining accurate records of all samples processed as well as data entry and management (10%)
• Sample cataloging and archiving (10%)
• Other duties as needed, including occasional field work (10%)

Skills

Laboratory hygiene

Laboratory techniques

Excel/R data entry

Data manipulation

Environmental interest

Job description

University of Georgia is seeking a part-time student technician (federal work-study) to join the Soil and Water Lab in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources for Fall 2023. Responsibilities focus on lab work and data entry, with some field work possible.

The role emphasizes basic lab skills, record keeping, and careful handling of samples while supporting environmental and natural-resource research efforts.