Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following duties in production of vaccines or toxoids: Adds chemical solutions, disease virus, or bacteria to and removes culture fluids from glass vessels, using pump.

• 2) Connects pumping equipment to storage, filtration, fermentation, and refrigeration containers to transfer and refrigerate chemical ingredients or to flush containers.

• 3) Conveys chemical ingredients, disease bacteria, and disease viruses in drums, containers, jars, or vials to and from storage or refrigeration rooms, using handtruck.

• 4) Carries samples of chemical broth, vaccine, or toxoid to quality control unit.

• 5) Tends sterilizers, oven, and autoclave that sterilize glassware, instruments, and portable equipment.

• 6) Washes designated equipment by hand, using brushes, rags, and detergent.

• 7) Thaws frozen ingredients used in developing vaccines or toxoids, using thawing equipment.