• Application Deadline: Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Laboratory Attendant III


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification Secondary School (SSCE)


• Experience 3 years


• Location Oyo


• City Ibadan


• Job Field Agriculture / Agro-Allied 
  

DUTIES: 

•  Assist with set up and maintenance of pathology phenotyping trials in the laboratory, screen house and field.


• Carry out nematode cultures using carrot discs.


• Assist with Pseudocercospora sp. mass production and detached leaf assays.


• Populate and maintain the populations of the banana weevil cosmopolites sordidus.


• Supervise casual workers for implementation of assigned tasks.


• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

• O’level with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent interpersonal and multi-tasking skills.


• Have the ability to use basic Microsoft software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).


• Have a positive attitude and strong team spirit.


• Have experience in nematode cultures, nematode identification, Pseudocercospora isolation and multiplication, weevil sorting on the sexual dimorphism.


• Have experience with field/lab data collection.