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Ocean Career: Laboratory Technician in Maines Department of Marine Resources
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- The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is seeking applicants with strong laboratory skills for a Laboratory Technician III position in the Public Health Bureau in the water quality laboratory located at the Lamoine facility.
- The position will lead daily laboratory sample processing, sample scheduling and work with the Microbiologist to maintain all quality control for laboratory methods performed in compliance with Maine State Public Health Laboratory Quality Assurance Manual and the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP).
- Water Quality laboratory includes analysis of fecal coliforms in seawater samples with membrane filtration, operation of autoclaves, dry oven sterilization, critical temperature monitoring, preparation of media, and data entry.
- Biotoxin laboratory work involves enumeration of marine phytoplankton utilizing bright-field microscopy, shellfish tissue testing with high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV).
- Opportunity to learn HPLC-post column oxidation method for Paralytic Shellfish Toxin monitoring as well as contribute to validation of emerging biotoxin testing methods.
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