Science Technician

6 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Agriculture and Fisheries Full time

As a Science Technician for Biosecurity Queensland Invasive Plants and Animals research group, you will provide expertise with plant maintenance, insect rearing and host specificity testing. Your objective will be to grow plants and rear biological control agents for invasive plant species under high security quarantine conditions. You will test whether there is any negative impact of biological control agents on specified native Australian and economically important plant species. This will entail the ability to investigate how to keep plant collections and insect colonies thriving by providing them with optimal environmental conditions and the ability to document details of biological requirements and insect life cycles. You will know you're achieving success in the role when you: - Can collect highly accurate data that contribute to progress in biological control research
- can manage your own work priorities, ensuring assigned tasks are undertaken promptly and meet the project deliverables
- are actively contributing as a member of a high-performing team.
Please refer to the role description for the requirements of the role, including any mandatory qualifications/licences.
Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) is one of the integral DAF business groups, leading the government's efforts to prevent, respond to and recover from pests and diseases threating agricultural prosperity, the environment, social amenity and human health. We achieve this by maintaining access to markets, protecting animal welfare and reducing the risk of contamination from agricultural management.
Invasive Plants and Animals (IPA) significantly affect the environment, agricultural production, infrastructure, human health and our way of life in general. The IPA program directs, facilitates and delivers strategic and targeted action to reduce the impact of invasive species in Queensland.
Applications will remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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