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Soil and Plant Scientist

Agriculture and Food

  • Average Salary

    RM2603 - RM 5732

  • Career Trends

  • Compability

What is Soil and Plant Scientist?

Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants or trees, shrubs, and nursery stock, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2603 - RM 5732

Example of a Job Position

Agronomist
Agronomy Research Manager
Agronomist Specialist
Plant Nutrition Scientists
Land and Plant Training Specialists
Soil Microbiology Scientist
Soil Research Scientists
Soil and Plant Fertility Training Specialist

Task

? Communicate research or project results to other professionals or the public or teach related courses, seminars, or workshops ? Conduct experiments to develop new or improved varieties of field crops, focusing on characteristics such as yield, quality, disease resistance, nutritional value, or adaptation to specific soils or climates ? Develop new or improved methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or insect pests ? Provide information or recommendations to farmers or other landowners regarding ways in which they can best use land, promote plant growth, or avoid or correct problems such as erosion ? Develop environmentally safe methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or insect pests

Knowledge

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of practical applications in engineering and technology. This includes the application of principles, techniques, procedures and equipment for designing and producing various goods and services.

Biology

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, function, interdependence, and their interactions with the environment and each other.

Chemistry

Knowledge of the composition, structure and chemical properties of substances and chemical processes and transformations that occur. Includes the use of chemicals and their interactions, alarms, production techniques and disposal methods

Skills

Active Learning

Understand the implications of new information for basic decision making and problem solving now and in the future.

Complex Problem Solving

Identify complex problems and review related information in order to develop and evaluate options and solutions that can be applied.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Science

Use scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Capability

  • 1

    Information Arrangement - The ability to arrange various things and actions in a certain sequence or pattern according to the rules specified (for example: number patterns, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 2

    Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to certain problems in order to produce reasonable answers.

  • 3

    Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules and conclusions (including finding relationships between seemingly unconnected events).

  • 4

    Oral Understanding - The ability to listen and understand information and ideas conveyed through words and oral sentences

  • 5

    Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing

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