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Candidates in one of these classifications, where a Master’s Degree is required to meet the minimum qualifications, shall receive an educational pay differential equivalent to 2% of their monthly base pay. Those where a Doctoral Degree is required to meet the minimum qualifications, shall receive an educational pay differential equivalent to 3% of their monthly base pay. Individuals with both a Master’s and Doctoral Degree will be given the best benefit in relation to salary shall only be eligible for only one amount.

Under general supervision of the Research Scientist Supervisor I (Microbiological Sciences), the Research Scientist II (Microbiological Sciences) in the Food and Drug Laboratory Branch (FDLB), Microbiology Section, Microbiology Test Unit will plan and carry out scientific research of moderate scope and complexity, participate in planning and conducting limited elements of complex analytical studies on microbial contamination of food and drug products and environmental samples, perform as the laboratory expert on a given methodology or technique of moderate difficulty and complexity, and serve as a microbiological professional consultant to state and local agencies and food industries on food contamination identification methods.

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