biochemistry technician
Biochemistry technicians provide technical assistance in researching, analysing and testing the reactions caused by chemicals in living organisms. They use laboratory equipment to help develop or improve chemical-based products and also collect and analyse data for experiments, compile reports and maintain laboratory stock.
Also called: biology technician, biochemistry laboratory technician, biochemistry technologist, biologist, biology technologist, chemistry technician, chemistry technologist, biochemistry lab technician
- 23
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- biotechnical technician10 skills in common
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Essential skills
23- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- biological chemistry
- biology
- biotechnology
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct routine blood testing
- genetics
- laboratory equipment
- laboratory techniques
- life sciences
- maintain laboratory equipment
- manage inventory
- perform laboratory tests
- perform scientific research
- scientific research methodology
- solid phase microextraction
- stem cells
- use laboratory equipment
- write technical reports
Optional skills
21- analyse blood samples
- analyse cell cultures
- analytical chemistry
- clinical cytology
- communicable diseases
- computational chemistry
- endocrinology
- evolutionary biology
- examine samples in dermatology
- hazardous waste storage
- keep task records
- label samples
- maintain freelance database
- microbiology-bacteriology
- perform chemical experiments
- pharmacology
- prepare visual data
- preserve samples
- toxicology
- virology
- write research proposals
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