Environmental Chemist III, prov

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Description of Duties

This is an entry level position involving the performance of routine chemical and bacteriological analyses of water, wastewater and solids samples.  Duties are performed in a laboratory, test site, or satellite laboratory.  The employee reports directly to, and works under the general supervision of a laboratory technician.  Supervision of others is not a requirement of this class.  Does related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma, plus EITHER:

(A)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate’s degree** in a natural science*** including successful completion of at least twelve (12) semester credit hours in Chemistry plus one (1) year of paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience in laboratory testing, examination and/or analysis; OR,

(B)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate's degree or successful completion of sixty (60) college semester credit hours** both of which must include successful completion of at least twelve (12) semester credit hours in Chemistry, plus two (2) years of paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience as defined in (A) above; OR,

(C)  Three (3) years paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience as defined in (A) above; OR,

(D)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s degree** in a natural science***; OR,

(E)  An equivalent combination of education** and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), (C) and (D) above.

**Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications in (A), (B), (D) or (E) above must submit, at the time of application, a student or official copy of a college transcript or itemized list of course work and credits received.

***Natural science includes Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics and Zoology and their subsets.

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