Particle Flux Technician
Investigating sinking particles at sea and in the laboratory to measure their impact on ocean biological carbon cycling: it’s biochemistry and its zooplankton
Average Income
£34,500
per year
Summary
- BSc Oceanography or similar
- Be able to work at sea for weeks at a time on a variety of sensors and equipment
- Be able to adapt standard laboratory methods to your own unique samples whilst maintaining both their and the time series integrity
The main role of this post is sediment trap deployment planning, preparation, sample processing and dataset publication. Additionally, I support various biogeochemical sensors at sea, programming, downloading, calibrating, dataset submission and publication.
I manage the particle flux laboratory, technicians and students who work within it; their health and safety, methods and samples.
At NOC open days, I introduce and present meso zooplankton using posters and microscopes. The stand is popular with both children and adults.
I facilitate the PAP-SO website, cruise blogs and twitter, and ensure there is a mix of news and science for a wide audience.
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University of Southampton:
MSc Oceanography Oceanography Master’s Degree | MSc | University of Southampton
MSc Marine Environment and Resources Marine Environment & Resources | MSc | University of Southampton
MRes Ocean Science Ocean Science | MRes | University of Southampton
University of Plymouth: Schools of Biological and Marine Sciences: Marine science – University of Plymouth
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Exploration and Surveying
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Science and Marine Conservation
- BSc (Hons) Oceanography and Coastal Processes
- BSc (Hons) Ocean Sciences with Foundation Year
Look for BSc courses in Marine and Freshwater Biology
INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYER
The National Oceanography Centre is one of the world’s top oceanographic institutions. We undertake world leading research in large scale oceanography and ocean measurement technology. Our goal is to undertake internationally excellent research and technology development to advance the frontiers of knowledge about the ocean. We also manage several national marine facilities, including the National Marine Equipment Pool (Europe’s largest fleet of autonomous and robotic vehicles), and two state of the art research ships RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook. https://noc.ac.uk/
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Particle Flux Technician
The main role of this post is sediment trap deployment planning, preparation, sample processing and dataset publication. Additionally, I support...