Laboratory Assistant
- Recruiter
- Root2Recruitment
- Location
- Pocklington, Yorkshire
- Salary
- £8.50 per hour /(C£17,000 permanent)
- Posted
- 14 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 11 Feb 2019
- Ref
- 1555R2R
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
LABORATORY ASSISTANT – TEMPORARY VACANCY (12 weeks approx., there is the possibility of a permanent contract with Yara.)
£8.50 per hour /(C£17,000 permanent)
YARA - POCKLINGTON (Yorkshire)
No experience necessary
An exciting opportunity to gain experience working in the laboratory of the UK’s leading soil and leaf tissue analysis business has arisen for an enthusiastic technician. This is a fairly manual role and technicians are on their feet most of the day, predominantly dealing with soil there are some physical aspects to the job.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manning sample reception, opening post, sorting soil samples, numbering samples and preparing them for the drying process
- Milling samples – a manual job, potentially half a day’s work 2x weekly (a noisy, dusty job)
- Weighing samples for analysis (this is a seated job)
- Working in the laboratory wash area (cleaning glasswear etc)
- Assisting technicians in other areas of the laboratory (e.g. collecting samples, simple sample preparation)
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
- Educated to ‘A’ level or equivalent in a Science
- Experience of working in a laboratory preferred (even work experience)
- A clear desire to learn new skills
- Experience using various analytical methods