Technician Associate Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for technician associate, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for training for technicians, students, residents, and fellows in all aspects of research related to animal surgery and animal care.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• At least 3 months of experience outside of core classes
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and willingness to learn and develop additional computer skills
• Previous research experience in a human science field
• Experience using E-Prime to develop cognitive tasks/paradigms
• Experience running tasks and collecting behavioral and physiological data during MRI scanning
• Experience working with clinical populations with PTSD and Anxiety disorders
• Experience processing and analyzing fMRI data
• Experience training other researchers/staff

I would like to submit my application for the technician associate opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for guidance to bioanalytical team, and research group to identify new biomarkers, enable bioanalytical methods for animal and human tissues, proposed novel animal disease models, and implemented Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (PKPD) animal studies and modeling to guide human dose- response projections.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Familiarity with safety practices
• Familiarity with electrical power
• Background in Agribusiness
• Willingness to travel periodically to research sites across the country
• Passion for pursuing a research career in this area
• Familiarity with Excel, SPSS, and Qualtrics
• Experience handling fMRI and/or autonomic data
• Experience working with gages, instruments, materials, parts and cribs, data entry, and inventory management preferred

In response to your job posting for technician associate, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for surgical assistance to research scientists such as scheduling resources, administering and monitoring anesthesia, post-operative observation of the animal and sterilization of the equipment used following the operations.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience in working with both older adults and children are preferred
• Demonstrable knowledge of statistical analysis packages such as SAS and SPSS or other research laboratory programs, preferred
• Experience working with African American population, dementia and aging research, preferred
• Specific experience in behavioral testing, small animal surgery, and/or physiological recordings of some kind
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, writing, and computing skills
• Cultural competence and excellent interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with SPSS or similar software
• Attentive to details and able to manage simultaneous projects

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the technician associate position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for basic animal husbandry (i.e., cage, water, food change), cage/animal census, and room/vivarium/cage wash housekeeping activities.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Ensures 5S standards are met and maintained
• Ensures that the facility is kept “tour ready” at all times and people/material/flow/cleaning and zone concepts are maintained at all times
• Ensures that assigned operational areas of control are processing under GMP conditions and applicable SOP’s are being strictly followed
• Ensures that training is up to date and progressing for core group requirements with direction from Senior Pharmaceutical Technician or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Lead
• Focuses on building proficiency with business-critical equipment within core group while maintaining high quality standards
• Provides information to support core group metrics and efficiency increases
• Strives to drive reductions in unplanned deviations and focuses on troubleshooting identified equipment malfunctions under the supervision of a Senior Pharmaceutical Technician or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Lead
• Ensure that the facility is kept “tour ready” at all times and people/material/flow/cleaning and zone concepts are maintained at all times

Please consider me for the technician associate opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for technical support for clinical research procedures for numerous simultaneous research projects involving multiple steps and a variety of materials and equipment primarily for Companion Animal Surgery but as time permits, for other specialties such as Dermatology, Medical & Radiation Oncology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Companion Animal Medicine, Anesthesiology, etc.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Basic knowledge of regulations, guidelines and testing of electrical and control components concerning single phase and 3 phase commercial/residential HVAC equipment
• Basis Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook
• Clarity of sight
• DE/MD Alarm Registration
• Post-High School education in a production or laboratory trade program preferred
• Experience working with older adults with and without memory loss
• Experience with Electronic Data Entry in REDCap or other platform
• Preferred, demonstrable knowledge of statistical analysis packages such as SAS and SPSS or other research laboratory programs