LABORATORY TECHNICIAN WATER ANALYSIS
New Jersey treats Laboratory Technician Water Analysis as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
Eligibility comes down to 1 year of relevant experience.
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Laboratory Technician Water Analysis is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under close supervision, performs standardized basic tests and analyses to determine the amount or concentration of various substances found in water samples collected from potable water, wastewater, or other sources; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Performs basic chemical, physical, and bacteriological tests, and analysis on water samples from various sources.
- Arranges apparatus, instruments, and equipment.
- Adheres to safety practices, guidelines, and procedures in the laboratory.
- Reads test results and reports or explains elementary relationships which exist between various test values.
- Conducts simple qualitative tests of water for color, alkalinity/acidity, hardness, turbidity, and chlorine residual.
- Arranges laboratory equipment and prepares specimens for testing or microscopic examination.
- Prepares solutions and indicators by weighing, measuring, and mixing solid and liquid reagents; may heat and boil solutions.
- Prepares culture media from fresh and dehydrated materials by measuring, mixing, heating, and filtering.
- Maintains stock of media.
- Performs routine instrument and equipment repair and maintenance.
- Performs bacteriological examinations limited to standard and simple techniques not requiring specialized knowledge of the fields of bacteriology.
- Operates spectrophotometer for the analysis of parameters such as iron, nitrate, phosphorus, copper, and manganese.
- Will be required to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
One (1) year of experience conducting standardized basic samples chemical and/or bacteriological testing and analysis on water samples.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of methods and techniques used in operating basic laboratory equipment.
- Knowledge of safety precautions used to conduct chemical and microbiological analysis.
- Knowledge of the methods used to prepare simple stains, solutions, and culture media.
- Knowledge of the methods used to conduct standardized basic tests and analyses on water samples.
- Ability to test and identify various organic and inorganic compounds found in water samples.
- Ability to prepare solutions and indicators.
- Ability to interpret and apply information from laboratory reference manuals.
- Ability to set-up and operate laboratory equipment.
- Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible if they can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Successful completion of thirty (30) semester hour credits at an accredited college or university which includes eight (8) semester hour credits in chemistry, and a course in organic chemistry, may be substituted for the one (1) year of experience.