BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST I - 42001490 (FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)

Requisition No: 848302 

Agency: Agriculture and Consumer Services

Working Title: BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST I - 42001490 (FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 42001490 

Salary:  $48,000.16 

Posting Closing Date: 03/10/2025 

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST I

 

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

 

DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

 

 ***INTERNAL AGENCY OPPORTUNITY --
ONLY CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES WILL BE CONSIDERED***

 

 

CONTACT:

 

David Simon, (321) 697-1413

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

 

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in biological, physical, natural, or agricultural sciences. 

 

Certain positions within this class require individuals to meet specific federal or state regulations as identified by the employing agency.

EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Graduates utilizing education attained in the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position will not be appointed until verification of the applicable degree has been obtained. Foreign trained graduates utilizing a degree attained outside of the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position must be prepared to provide a copy of a credential evaluation conducted by an Approved Credential Evaluation Agency.  A list of approved agencies can be viewed at “Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies, Florida Department of Education.” Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies (fldoe.org) 

 

Requires possession of a valid Class E driver license.

 

***ATTENTION CANDIDATES***

 

To be considered for a position with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:

 

• All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
• Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
• Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.

 

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services values
and supports employment of individuals with disabilities. Qualified
individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

 

 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

 

Incumbent must pass a pulmonary function test with medical evaluation, must undergo and pass regular respirator fit-testing, and must wear a respirator when required.  Will be subject to the requirements of the proper use of appropriate respirator.

 

Occasional travel required.

 

Some alternate work hours required to accomplish duties and responsibilities.

 

JOB DUTIES:

 

Provides high quality analysis on a variety of Bacteriology testing; processes specimens and conducts bench work analysis for bacterial identification and antimicrobial sensitivity.  Reads biochemical reactions accurately.  Consistent in colonial morphology description to correspond to bacterial identification.  Must target five (5) days turnaround time from processing, reading the culture, identifying and reporting test results accurately and in a timely manner through the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

 

Assist in the evaluation of fungal culture, mic