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Entomologist (Identifier)
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$74,642 - $108,245 a year
Full-time
- As an Entomologist (Identifier) with APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), you will provide expertise in pest biology, taxonomy, and risk analysis as a recognized specialist and consultant, reviewing, evaluating and suggesting modifications of inspection or trapping methodologies and approaches as an enhancement to plant pest and plant disease surveillance systems.
- BASIC REQUIREMENT: Degree: entomology; or a related discipline of the biological or physical sciences that included at least 16 semester hours in entomology.
- Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
- Categorizes potential pest as injurious and of economic significance; cosmopolitan and domestic and not significant; or not significant or cosmopolitan and domestic but significant in parts of the US.Maintains, develops, and supplements information on taxonomy, hosts, distribution and other related information pertaining to intercepted and/or survey plant pests.
- Consults with and advises Department of Homeland Security (DHS), State departments of agriculture and other cooperators on the identity and biology of and procedures for detecting plant pests.
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