A professional who prepares and embeds in plastic, biological specimens of plant and animal life for use as instructional aids. Responsibilities include:

• Selects plant or animal specimen in preserved or dried state.
• Dissects animal and cleans all matter from skeletal structures.
• Prepares slices or cross sections of small animals, embryos, or cross sections of animal organs, such as glands, kidneys, hearts, or eyes.
• Selects, trims, and stains a variety of stalks, flowers, and leaves to show plant structure and systems.
• Selects different stains to clearly indicate support structure, circulatory system, or other feature of plant or animal.
• Assembles and positions components of specimen in mold, using pins and holding devices.
• Mixes polylite plastic or other material and completes embedding by varied molding techniques.
• Works with plants, animals, mollusks, insects, and other classes of plants and animals.
• Identifies type and age of specimen, date of preparation, and type of embedding material used.
• May operate incubator to grow chicken eggs for embryo specimens.
• May prepare ecological kits which demonstrate polluting conditions in water, soil, or air.