Dairy Research Assistant

Employees – Non Union

Job Class
Non Union Technicians and Analysis Assistants

Job Profile
Non Union Salaried – Analysis Assistant /Technician 2

Job Title
Dairy Analysis Assistant

Division
Animal Welfare and Analysis Dairy and Training Analysis Centre College of Land and Meals Techniques

Compensation Vary
$4,207.63 – $5,005.45 CAD Month-to-month

Posting Finish Date
February 8, 2024

Be aware: Functions can be accepted till 11:59 PM on the day previous to the Posting Finish Date above.

Job Finish Date

Feb 4, 2025

This place is predicted to be stuffed by promotion/reassignment and is included right here to tell you of its emptiness on the College.

At UBC, we consider that attracting and sustaining a various workforce is essential to the profitable pursuit of excellence in analysis, innovation, and studying for all college, employees and college students. Our dedication to employment fairness helps obtain inclusion and equity, brings wealthy variety to UBC as a office, and creates the required situations for a rewarding profession. 

Job Abstract
The UBC Dairy Training and Analysis Centre (DERC) is positioned in Agassiz, 130 km east of the UBC Level Gray Campus.  The dairy centre is required to function on a financially self-sustaining foundation.  The Centre performs a singular function as a centre for analysis, instructing, and know-how switch regarding dairy and forage manufacturing, agronomic crops and practices, and soils.  Concurrently, it additionally operates as a completely functioning dairy (milk) manufacturing enterprise. Given its analysis mandate there’s energetic participation on the Centre by college members and college students from UBC and different universities, authorities specialists, trade teams, and people. The function of this place can be to help the Animal Well being, Welfare and Analysis (AHWR) Supervisor with the group and execution of analysis trials with dairy cattle and when wanted, assist with basic farm duties if time permits.
Organizational Standing
This place reviews to the Animal Well being, Welfare and Analysis (AHWR) Supervisor.  Works with graduate college students, precept investigators and farm employees.
Work Carried out

• Helps the AHWR Supervisor in amassing routine animal well being knowledge [e.g., body condition score (BCS), subclinical ketosis and other cow data, lameness, etc.] that permits for retrospective use of information collected on the Dairy Centre (e.g. feed intakes, Automated milking system (AMS) knowledge).
• Assists in coaching college students in carry out numerous cow and calf well being measurements (e.g., blood pattern assortment) and deal with and transfer animals in a secure method (e.g., pupil and researcher onboarding)
• Assists in coaching college students to make use of the software program and tools related to applied sciences used on the Dairy Centre, together with the computerized feed consumption techniques, the AMS, automated calf feeders, scales and “Genie” platform carry. 
• Assists with the upkeep of applied sciences and tools continuously used for analysis knowledge assortment and writes and organizes SOP’s for tools use together with knowledge extraction and helps knowledge group. Calibrating automated calf feeders, scales and Insentec tools regularly, performing validation trials of kit to find out the accuracy for analysis.  Monitoring when provides have to be bought.
• Maintains stock of applied sciences used for knowledge assortment functions at DERC, together with information of possession, buy date, receipts.
• Along with the AHWR Supervisor, coordinates with college students and precept investigators to make sure that all tools and used facility areas are clear and in good working situation after use in tasks.
• Help in coordinating with and coaching college students (and researchers) who’re conducting analysis tasks on the farm in order that they’ve enough assist throughout their challenge akin to organizing lab-owned analysis tools and supplies (e.g. space for storing, disposal of sharps containers, arrange and removing of cameras / video recording tools, and so on.)
• Performs different duties as required.  Throughout occasions when analysis calls for wane, this place will assist out with the overall duties of the farm in session with the Animal Well being, Welfare and Analysis Supervisor and Enterprise Operations Supervisor.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Errors will lead to inefficiencies of the analysis carried out on the DERC and flawed analysis knowledge.  Poor judgement can negatively impression the analysis tasks, pupil expertise and income technology from decreased milk manufacturing.  Inefficiencies will mirror poorly on the status of the Centre, College and the College.
Supervision Acquired
Experiences to the Animal Well being, Welfare and Analysis Supervisor.
Supervision Given
None.
Minimal {Qualifications}
Highschool commencement, some extra coaching in a associated discipline and a minimal two years of associated expertise or an equal mixture of training and expertise.
– Willingness to respect various views, together with views in battle with one’s personal

– Demonstrates a dedication to enhancing one’s personal consciousness, information, and abilities associated to fairness, variety, and inclusion

Most well-liked {Qualifications}

• Grasp of Science most well-liked.
• Analysis expertise is an asset.
• Demonstrated information of dealing with giant animals.
• Capacity to work independently and in a crew
• Should be capable to prioritize, multitask and meet deadlines
• Will need to have robust problem-solving capabilities.
• Superior pc expertise is required (e.g. MS Workplace, lab/analysis tools software program, databases)
• Legitimate BC Driver’s License