Agricultural Technician Iii; Seasonal

Department of Food & Agriculture

JC-494135 - Sterile Insect Technique Team Leader
AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN III (SEASONAL)

$20.54 - $23.36 per Hour
New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Final Filing Date:
Until Filled

Application Methods: Electronic (Using your Cal Career Account) By Mail Drop-off

Under general supervision of the Agriculture Program Supervisor I and/or the Agricultural Pest Control Supervisor, the incumbent performs full range of field, laboratory or staff support of insect production and quality control duties associated with the rearing and release of sterile fruit flies.

• Cut and restack trays of cooled diet material and roll carts of stacked trays to the pupae preparation trailers.
• Feed empty pupae maturation trays into a pupae loading machine. Dispense pupae onto trays. Cut fly diet material, place onto trays, and stack trays on rolling carts to build “towers”, typically comprised of around 46-56 trays. Add circulation fans and particulate filters and push completed towers to climate‑controlled incubation trailers.
• Remove towers containing adult flies from incubation trailers and push them to refrigeration trailers, pre‑chilled to 38°F. Remove and replace circulation fans.

A full list of duties can be found in the attached Duty Statements.

Candidates may perform these essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement
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The duties of this position are primarily conducted outdoors or in indoor areas open to the outdoors, where the incumbent may be exposed to extreme temperatures and weather, uneven terrain, and various noise and light levels. The incumbent may experience regular exposure to dust, Day‑Glo Dye, pollen, moisture, and flying insects. The work can be in urban or rural environments.

The Medfly PRP offices are housed in modular trailers and furnished with a variety of office equipment, which consists of desks, tables, chairs, filing cabinets, storage cabinets, filing bins, computers, computer peripherals, phones, answering machines, and multifunction photocopiers. The incumbent’s work area includes office trailers, insect preparation, incubation, and testing rooms, refrigeration trailers, outdoor wash areas, residential and commercial properties, fruit growing areas, warehouses, and motor vehicles.

The work site at Los Alamitos is multi‑leveled and made up of a black top, raised decking with numerous ramps, and a gravel parking lot. The incumbent in this position is part of a team that works closely together. The work is physically demanding and includes lifting and carrying up to 60 lbs., standing, walking, bending, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing, pushing, pulling, sitting, driving for extended periods and distances, and other activities as needed.

The incumbent may be required to wear personal protective equipment including gloves, hearing protection, safety glasses, boots, face covering, and/or a helmet.

A full list of working conditions can be found in the attached Duty Statements.

• AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN III (SEASONAL)
• AGRICULTURAL AIDE (SEASONAL)
• AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN I (SEASONAL)
• AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN II (SEASONAL)

AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN III (SEASONAL) $20.54 - $23.36 New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Shall Consider:

AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN I (SEASONAL) $18.30 - $21.87

AGRICULTURAL TECHNICIAN II (SEASONAL) $19.02 - $22.69

AGRICULTURAL AIDE (SEASONAL) $18.26 - $20.22

# of Positions: Multiple

Work Location: Orange County

Telework: In Office

• The position(s) require(s) a valid California Drivers License (CDL). You must answer the questions addressing your CDL on your application. Ensure you provide your CDL number, class, expiration date, and any endorsements and/or restrictions.

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