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Agricultural Careers Geneticist

Agricultural Careers Geneticist. By: Dr. Frank Flanders and Trisha Rae Stephens Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Georgia Department of Education June 2005. START. Job Duties & Responsibilities. Conduct experiments and record and analyze the data received.

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Agricultural Careers Geneticist

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  1. Agricultural Careers Geneticist By: Dr. Frank Flanders and Trisha Rae Stephens Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Georgia Department of Education June 2005 START

  2. Job Duties & Responsibilities • Conduct experiments and record and analyze the data received. • Keep detailed notes and write reports related to their studies. • In a supervisory position, they would be in charge of managing assistants. • Those that enter a teaching career would give class lectures and speak at conferences, as well as conduct research experiments.

  3. Qualities and Skills • Good eyesight and manual dexterity are needed. • Ability to spend significant time working in a laboratory • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. • May require long periods of sitting or standing. • Ability to use computers for lengthy amounts of time

  4. Salary Salaries in this field vary widely, depending on where a geneticist works and the level of degree they possess. For example, geneticists working at a university as a professor would have a typical academic salary. Assistant professors make average salaries in the $50,000 to $75,000 range while associate professors make average salaries in $60,000 to $90,000 range. Experienced geneticists working in industry, at biotechnology firms and pharmaceutical companies, often have salaries much higher than this, in the $100,000 to $150,000 range.

  5. Work Environment • Most work is done indoors in laboratory settings, but at times work in offices, classrooms or in the field is also required. • The typical work week is at least 40 hours per week, however project or research deadlines may at times require them to work extended hours.

  6. Becoming a Geneticist • To prepare for a career as a Geneticist, students should take college-preparatory classes in high school with as many science courses as possible. • Biology, chemistry, physics, botany and zoology are especially important. • Good communications skills are achieved with English, writing, and speech courses. Agricultural education classes offer courses in plant and animal science that will help prepare an individual for a career as a geneticist.

  7. Career Resources Biotechnology Industry Organization 1625 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 Internet: http://www.bio.org Crop Science Society of America 677 South Segoe Road Madison, WI 53711 Internet: http://www.crops.org Genetics Society of America 9650 Rockville PikeBethesda, MD 20814-3998Internet: http://www.genetics-gsa.org American Society of Human Genetics 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20814 Internet: http://www.ashg.org *Select "Educational Resources," then "Training Programs Guide." Council for Biotechnology Information P.O. Box 34380 Washington, DC 20043–0380 Internet: http://www.whybiotech.com

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