Student Technical Assistant Food Safety Lab
Job Location:
Corvallis, OR - USA
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Posted:
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Job Summary
When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1. A Resume/Vita
2. A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position
For additional information please contact: Joy Waite-Cusic at
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability protected veteran and other protected status.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
Note:All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval.
OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.
This recruitment will be used to fill 1 part-time (maximum of 24 hours per week) Student Technical Assistant positions for the Department of Food Science and Technology at Oregon State University (OSU). Performs research or field work in support of Dr. Joy Waite-Cusics food safety/food microbiology research program.
Decisions are made in conjunction with supervisor using appropriate manuals and following established guidelines. Experimental decisions may be made independently following proper training. Must maintain safe and accurate lab practices and behavior.
- Design carry out interpret and report on experiments dealing with food microbiology
- Analyze data document activity draw conclusions and write up findings to be included in reports published in journals and/or presented at conferences
- Organizational work pertaining to this topic including documentation of appropriate samples and relevant experimental methods
Work will include some elementary laboratory organization/design where needed in order to increase the laboratorys efficiency for such experiments.
Transferable Skill Development
OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their this position students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:
- Communication Critical Thinking Teamwork Technology
- High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
- Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
- Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
- Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
- Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*
*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered full-time by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by theOffice of International Services(OIS) and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.
- Must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (FST MB or related discipline)
- The candidate must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral English
- Candidate must be able to work as part of a team and show a willingness to promote teamwork
- This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
- Research experience in a BSL-2 food microbiology laboratory
- Must be able-bodied and be sufficiently familiar with the equipment that is to be used
- Demonstratable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity
May include travel to and from research sites
May include evening and weekend hours
May require walking standing bending and stooping for extended periods
May require maneuvering and transporting heavy objects and working with industrial machinery
May require working with or around chemicals caustic compounds or hazardous materials used in research
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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