Lizbeth Alcantar

My job consisted of testing our local farms crops, water sources, and swabs of equiptment for diseases, such as

E.Coli, STEC, Salmonella, and Listeria. We run the samples through a test called PCR or we put some samples

on a petrifilm and let that incubate for a cetain amount of time. What I would do was greet the customers, receive

the samples, fill out the paperwork, then continue to prep the sample. For crop samples we had to enrich them

with this substance called MP Media. The media helps pull all the substances from the crops and would pull any

diseases that would be in them as well. Then you would incubate them for 24 hours. For water samples, we would

mainly only test for E. coli. Meaning we would take the sample of water, then fill it up with a powder called

Coilert-18 that helps detect whether its positive or negative for E.Coli. then you would pour the mixture in a

quantity tray, seal it up in incubate it for 24 hours then you would read the results by putting the tray underneath

an LED light and if it glows and it is yellow that means it is positive for E. coli. For swab samples, we would enrich

the sample with 9 mL of buffer water. Drop a specific amount of the mixture into the petrifilm then incubate

that for 24hrs, you would read the results by counting how many dots were on the petrifilm. I also did a lot of

cleaning, disinfecting, paperwork, computer work. Some weeks I would even work more than 40 hours some I

would only work 28. My schedule would depend on the amount of work i had to do so I can be flexible when it

comes to working. I went back to work for the company from June-August 2024.

• Kept work areas clean, organized and safe to promote efficiency and team safety.
• Learned all required tasks quickly to maximize performance.
• Contributed to team success by completing jobs quickly and accurately.
• Developed strong cooperative relationships with coworkers and managers.
• Operated register to process payments and collect cash payment for order totals.
• Maintained productive, efficient approach to all tasks.