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Laboratory/Field Technician - Water Quality Monitoring Program
Center for Coastal Studies
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) has monitored the water quality of Cape Cod Bay continuously for 20 years, and Nantucket Sound for 15 years.
Through collaborations with several other organizations, CCS currently collects water quality data and samples at over 120 stations, encompassing Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound and the majority of the embayments and estuaries throughout Cape Cod. These stations are sampled regularly providing an impressive dataset that reveals long-term trends as well as seasonal and interannual variability.
Field Component: Primary duties include planning field work and coordinating with partnering institutions on collection of field data and samples; overseeing the recruitment and training of volunteers for the citizen environmental monitoring program and their ongoing sampling efforts; and assisting with laboratory work and data management/analysis as needed.
Applicants must be able to perform the following duties: Collect water samples and field measurement of basic water quality parameters. Coordinate the collection of water quality data and samples with partnering organizations throughout the Cape Oversee all aspects of the citizen scientist program (training, recruitment, sample collection, data entry. Assist in the organization, maintenance, and calibration of monitoring supplies and equipment
Laboratory Component: Primary duties include processing and analysis of marine and freshwater samples for nutrients, alkalinity, and chlorophyll, running and maintaining the laboratory instrumentation necessary to do the analyses and other duties associated with maintenance of the laboratory work area.