Laboratory Technician - Rainbow Chicken

Rainbow Chicken is looking for a highly talented and experienced Laboratory Technician to join our laboratory team. The successful incumbent will report directly into the Laboratory Manager and will be based in Hammarsdale, KZN.

Purpose of the Role

To produce reliable and quality media for testing in accordance with defined quality standards and to monitor stock levels of consumables.

Required Knowledge & Skills:

• Laboratory practices
• Media preparation principles
• Health/safety/OHSA/ISO practices and regulations applicable to a laboratory
• Operating specialised media preparation and associated equipment
• Computer literacy (particularly MS word and excel)
• Verbal and written communication
• Attention to detail and cleanliness
• Able to work as part of a team or independently when required
• Must be responsible, reliable and efficient

Required Qualification and Experience:

• Minimum of 1-year relevant experience in media preparation.
• Laboratory Technician Certificate.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Support

• Perform the tasks related to media preparation, distillation and autoclaving.
• Prepare drag swabs for farm testing.
• Test the conductivity and pH of water on a daily basis or when required.
• Maintain and service the distiller.
• Maintain and regularly test the working condition of all equipment utilised during media preparation.
• Autoclave all glassware as per procedure.
• Arrange for the processing plant to receive bottles and media for daily and weekly sampling or when required.
• Maintain a neat, clean and tidy workspace in accordance with quality standards.

Administrative Support

• Monitor and maintain stock levels.
• Order consumable stock, as required.
• Capture invoices monthly.

KPI’s

• Quality of and turnaround times for media preparation
• Sterility of glassware
• Reliability and utilisation of media preparation equipment
• Availability of consumables
• Lead times on results