Duties and Responsibilities of Various Research Technician Levels (nonexempt, working 37.5-hour week)
Also see Research Assistant job levels.
171041 Research Technician 1 (salary grade 03)
Research Technician 1 Job Description Template
- Work under close supervision
- Set up supplies and equipment according to detailed specifications
- Prepare solutions
- May feed animals, clean, maintain cages
- Maintain records
- May perform inventory control, ordering, and recording of experiments
- May operate single controls on equipment and make light repairs
- Perform housekeeping tasks
- High school, 0 to 1 year of experience
171042 Research Technician 2 (salary grade 06)
Research Technician 2 Job Description Template
- Perform duties of research technician 1 and in addition:
- Work under frequent supervision
- Perform technical procedures and experiments according to specific instructions/ protocols
- Record experimental data; collect/ tabulate/ calculate data
- Purchase routine lab supplies, collect receipts and monitor expenditures
- Enter sequences into databases; may conduct analysis
- Extract data for follow-up
- High school, 1 to 2 years of experience
171043 Research Technician 3 (salary grade 09)
Research Technician 3 Job Description Template
- Perform duties of Technician 2 and in addition:
- Work under limited supervision
- Install, maintain and repair complex equipment; may do design modifications and fabricate mechanical or electronic equipment
- May supervise and train lower level technicians or students
- May instruct faculty and students in the use of equipment
- Maintain records, reports, inventory
- Administer experiments
- Provide some analysis and interpretation of results as appropriate
- High school, 2 to 5 years of experience
171044 Research Technician 4 (salary grade 12)
Research Technician 4 Job Description Template
- Perform duties of Technician 3 an in addition:
- Work with a high degree of independence and under general direction
- Utilize new and innovative research techniques involving a high degree of skill and training
- Supervise the training and performance of lower level technicians and students
- Consult with management and professionals on projects
- Prepare and monitor own budget
- Perform high level, complex analysis and calculation of data; interpret and make recommendations
- Modify or develop new procedures and policies
- High school, 5 to 8 years of experience