Due to the breadth of research undertaken at the Kentville Research and Development Centre, the individual will provide support and technical assistance at an AAFC Centre in some or all of the following by:

• Assisting with laboratory, greenhouse and field support for research programs, e.g. maintaining live cultures (microbial or insect or plant) by making diet, watering, fertilizing, maintaining research field trials, e.g. weeding, watering, transplanting;
• Carrying out research activities under lab, greenhouse and/or field conditions;
• Assisting in the maintenance of research equipment.
• Assisting with the collection of data from experiments, e.g. taking measurements of plants, counting insects, assessing damage
• Contributing to the development of analytical methods and evaluation techniques;
• Contributing to the development of new techniques and methods;