Education programmes of job
Nature of work
He/she works independently toproduce, modify, and improve plants, animals, and micro-organisms. He/shesupervises the tests, prepares technical reports, manages, develops their skills, and provides requirements of occupational safety and health. The tasks are:- Using biotechnology to develop resistant diseases plants
- Working on plant tissue culture
- Producing food from safe sources
- Working on researches to solve genes environmental problems
- Producing bio-oil from agricultural residues
- Setting up food security strategy
- Adopting biotechnology projects to duplicate the production
- Producing all kinds of textile seedlings which have multiple benefits and high production according to international specifications
- Producing high nutritional value crops
- Producing plants as raw materials for organic industry
- Preparing technical reports
- Developing the working methods by using modern techniques.
- Preparing the bio- agricultural products equipment bid stipulations and studying them financially and technically
- Evaluating the performance to identify their training needs and train them to improve their skills.
- Providing occupational safety and health requirements
Environment of work
- Work environment ranges between the field and laboratory.
- Working independently is possible in case of experience consultation.
- Full time job is required.
- This job can be carried out by men and women.
- This job sometimes requires to travel abroad for training in order to gain other countries experiences
Professional life
- He/she can works independently or as a team member in private or public sectors.
- His monthly salary at the beginning of his work in public sector isabout 20000 Syrian Pounds
- He/she should work on coordinating with quality station to do practical and academic researches that are related to agricultural production to understand and follow up the technologies, improve productivity ,and reduce costs while preserving the environment.
- Practical and academic modern theory experiences can be obtained by courses training, seminars, and various activities
- He/she should work on working methods development by using modern techniques and evaluating the performance by identifying their training needs to train them and develop their skills
- This job sometimes requires travelling abroad for training
Sectors of careers
- Agriculture Ministry and its Departments
- Scientific Agricultural Research Centers
- Agricultural Science Research Centers
- Agricultural Colleges and Technical Institutes
Getting the job
- For getting this job, the person has to study in Agriculture Faculty, Department of Essential Sciences, Department of Plat Protection, Department of Animal Production, Department of Food Sciences, or Department of Farm Crops
- The students during that should get some related courses such as: Plant taxonomy, agricultural pests, plant and animal species, and food industry and various academic and practical agricultural courses. In addition to his foreign languages, computer programming, engineering quality knowledge
- Preferably, Agriculture Faculty graduated students pursue their graduated program studies in the Department of Plat Protection, or Department of Animal Production, or Department of Food Sciences, or Department of Farm Crops to get their master's and Ph.D. degrees.
Skills
- Ability to detect Bioassays tests, which helps to know many biological process
- Ability to use biomaterials properly and cautiously
- Take all variables that can help in using biomaterials successfully
- Ability to work on reducing the use of chemical fertilizers significantly by using bio-methods and restore the natural fertility of agricultural soils
- Ability to work on the use of bio-methods against agricultural pests to stay away as much as possible from using environment harmful chemicals
- Ability to apply knowledge and skills to solve agricultural problems
- Ability to propose solution according to the environment preserve needs
- Ability to work according to agricultural sustainable development principles
Sources and references
- Agriculture Faculty Internal Regulation 2007 – Aleppo University.
- Arab Standard Classification of Occupations- Arab Labor Organization-2008.
- National Academic Reference Standard (NARS)- Syrian High Education Ministry- 2012.