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Research Farm Assistant 1

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Research Farm Assistant 1

Salary

$11.45 Hourly

Location

Ruston, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

216385

Department

LA Tech University

Opening Date

01/13/2026

Closing Date

2/7/2026 11:59 PM Central

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+ Benefits

About this Job

As a selective-admissions, comprehensive public university, Louisiana Tech is committed to quality in teaching, research, creative activity and scholarship, public service, and workforce/economic development. Louisiana Tech maintains as its highest priority the education and development of its students in a challenging environment within a safe and supportive, diverse community of learners.

Are you looking for a role where your hard work supports groundbreaking discovery? Louisiana Tech University is seeking a dedicatedResearch Farm Assistant 1to join our School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry. Our mission is to pioneer sustainable farming practices and livestock management that feed the world.

In this role, you aren't just maintaining land; you are the backbone of a sprawling 850-acre research hub. You will provide the essential labor and technical support required to ensure our faculty and students can produce reliable, world-changing data. Whether you are prepping a field for a new trial or ensuring our livestock are secure, your work is the foundation of our success.

This is more than just farm work; it is a contribution to the greater good.You will work in a stable, academic environment where you are part of a community dedicated to science. From assisting in livestock breeding to helping students at FFA events, every day offers a new challenge and the opportunity to work on a scale (850 acres!) that few other roles can provide.

Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training is required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Assists with the building and repairing of fences

+ Clean, maintain, and perform minor repairs to farm equipment

+ Clean up and perform minor repairs around and within the shop

+ Load square and round hay bales on the trailer and take from field to barn, unload

+ Cut down trees, limbs, and branches; prune shrubs

+ Pick up and haul away limbs or branches that have fallen from trees and shrubs in all areas

+ Rake and haul away straw and leaves

+ Keep the drainage leading to the pond in the garden free of debris

+ Assists with the feeding, breeding, transport and securing of livestock

+ Operate string trimmer, blade edger, chainsaw, and lawnmower

+ Operates tractors and other equipment to assist in the maintenance of an 850-acre farm area.

+ Assists with mowing, plowing, cultivating fields, and harvesting fields.

+ Assists in setting up plots and the collection of data

+ Prepare the area for attending groups; set up and take down tables and chairs

+ Pick up and bag trash

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a Probationary Appointment.

Work Schedule:The typical work schedule for this position is Monday-Friday, 7:30am to 4pm. May be required to work some overtime, weekends, or holidays.

Hourly Rate:$11.45

Benefits: Louisiana Tech offers outstanding perks and benefits to eligible employees that include a variety of health insurance plans and retirement options, paid time off for vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, substantially reduced-rate tuition for employees and their dependents, discounted memberships at the university’s sports and wellness center, professional development training, and promotional opportunities. In addition, market adjustment salary increases are awarded annually (pending funding availability) for eligible classified employees.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, clickhere. (https://ulsltu.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/LATECHCareers)

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Louisiana Tech University, Office of Human Resources

Ruston, LA 71272

Phone: 318-257-2235

Fax: 318-257-2482

Louisiana Tech University is an AA/ADA/EEO employer. Louisiana Tech recruits, selects, employs and promotes without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information in its admission and recruitment of students, educational programs, and activities, or employment policies.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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