CBARC Summer Student Pooled Position

Position: CBARC Summer Student Pooled Position 2026
Position Details

Position Information

Job Title CBARC Summer Student Pooled Position 2026 Appointment Type Student Employee

Job Location Adams Position Appointment Percent 100 Appointment Basis 12 Pay Method Hourly Pay Period 16th - 15th of the following month Pay Date Last working day of the month Remote or Hybrid option? Min Hourly Rate $15.05 (Standard); $14.05 (Non-Urban); $16.30 (Portland Metro) Max Hourly Rate $21.50 (Standard); $19.50 (Non-Urban); $22.00 (Portland Metro) Position Summary

This recruitment will be used to fill up to 12 part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week during academic terms and a maximum of 40 hours per week during academic breaks) Student Technical Assistant positions for the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center at Oregon State University (OSU).

This recruitment will be used to fill up to 12 summer agricultural research positions located in Adams, Oregon at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center. These positions will perform routine to complex technical or specialized tasks in support of research and clinical work. Some positions may include laboratory research, greenhouse operations, field plotting, data collection and simple analysis.

Depending on the team the candidate is hired onto, travel within Oregon, Washington and Idaho may be required as well as occasional overnight stays at those locations.

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 hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, and Professionalism.

Position Duties

100% duties to be determined by CBARC faculty may include:

* Field or bench top research

* Laboratory set-up and maintenance

* Greenhouse operations

* Field plotting

* Data collection and analysis and other related tasks

* Field and plot weeding

* Planting & transplanting of plants in the field, greenhouses & screen houses

* General farm work including but not limited to harvest activities and farm equipment awareness and safety training's as needed

Depending on your class schedule, work hours per week will vary from 20-40 hrs per week.

Minimum Qualifications

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-requirements

* Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study

* Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment

* Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard

* 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 the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Additional

Required Qualifications

* Ability to take directions and execute

* Work with people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicity

* Ability to perform farm labor/manual labor

* Ability to work in hot weather and of various extremes

Preferred (Special) Qualifications

* Ability to follow directions

* Punctual

* Interested in agriculture

* Enjoy working outdoors and in a laboratory research facility

* Experience driving trucks pulling trailers

Working Conditions / Work Schedule

Work is performed in a typical outdoor eastern Oregon agricultural setting and laboratory research facility to be determined by the faculty at CBARC.

May be exposed to hot summer temperatures, walking on uneven terrain, loud noises and agricultural machinery. May need to maneuver up to 50 lbs. and may be required to stoop, bend and kneel as necessary to complete research projects as assigned.

Normal hours during the summer months are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Some travel and/or overtime may be required.

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number P12925SE

Number of Vacancies 12 Anticipated Appointment Begin Date 04/06/2026 Anticipated Appointment End Date Posting Date 03/10/2026 Full Consideration Date 04/20/2026 Closing Date 06/30/2026 Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search Competitive / Student - open to ALL qualified/eligible students Special Instructions to Applicants

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