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Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 508801
Division/Organization: College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Department: Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: West Madison Ag Research Station
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $16.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Agriculture and Natural Resources, STEM, Summer Off-Campus Opportunities, Honoring Context and Culture

Department Overview:

 The Cereals Breeding and Quantitative Genetics group is an exciting group led by professor Lucia Gutierrez, who is studying the genetics of complex traits with state of the art genomic and phenotyping tools in oats, wheat and barley.

Anticipated Start Date:

 05/12/2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 08/20/2025

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 20 Maximum: 40

Schedule:

 From Monday to Friday, anytime between 7:30 AM to 5 PM is preferred.
Other schedules could be arranged.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $16.00

Number of Positions:

 6

Qualifications:

 Previous experience is not essential.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Responsibility, commitment, good communication skills, and teamwork are required. Patience, concentration, and enthusiasm to affront repetitive tasks will be valued.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The work will include:
- Field management: support field activities such as planting, harvesting, and weeding
- Field evaluation of crops: support evaluation of plant height, disease scores and heading dates
- Harvest preparation support: bag and envelope preparation for planting
- Harvest individual panicles/spikes, support combine harvest of large plots
- Threshing panicles/spikes
- Inventory and storage of seeds
- Field day support: support for field preparation

Physical Demands:

Fieldwork during the summer. The candidate will work outside for part of their workday.
Ability to carry seed boxes of about 20 pounds. This is not disqualifying but discuss during the interview.
Dust and pollen exposure.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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