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Job Description
Assist biological and medical scientists in laboratories. Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment, monitor experiments, make observations, and calculate and record results. May analyze organic substances, such as blood, food, and drugs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,130.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
- Currently, there are 74,720 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Biological Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Biological Technicians
- Wildlife Biology Technician
- Resource Biologist
- Research Technician
- Research Specialist
- Research Associate
- Research Assistant
- Laboratory Technician
- Environmental Technician
- Biological Technician
- Biological Science Laboratory Technician
- Wildlife Technician
- Veterinary Laboratory Technician
- Upstream Biomanufacturing Technician
- Specimen Technician
- Seed Analyst
- Scientific Technician
- Resource Biologist-Fisheries
- Poultry Inseminator
- Molecular Research Technologist
- Molecular Lab Technologist
- Microbiology Technician
- Microbiology Quality Control Technician
- Microbiology Lab Assistant
- Microbiology Analyst
- Medical Technologist
- Medical Research Assistant
- Medical Lab Assistant
- Marine Fisheries Technician
- Laboratory Worker
- Laboratory Assistant
- Lab Technologist
- Lab Supervisor
- Herbarium Worker
- Game Technician
- Fowl Blood Tester
- Fisheries Biological Technician
- Fiber Technologist
- Feed Research Aide
- Exotic Plants Technician
- Downstream Biomanufacturing Technician
- Dairy Technologist
- Cytology Laboratory Technician
- Cytogenetic Technologist
- Culture Media Laboratory Assistant
- Botany Laboratory Assistant
- Biotechnologist
- Biotechnician
- Biomedical Technician
- Biology Specimen Technician
- Biology Research Assistant
- Biology Laboratory Assistant
- Biologist Aide
- Biological Scientist
- Biological Sciences Technician
- Biological Science Technician
- Biological Science Aide
- Biological Aide
- Biochemistry Technician
- Bacteriology Technician
- Bacteriology Research Assistant
- Bacteriology Lab Specialist
- Babcock Tester
- Artificial Inseminator
- Artificial Breeding Technician
- Artificial Breeding Laboratory Technician
- Aquatic Scientist
Tasks for “Laboratory Associate”
- Use computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-technology industrial applications to perform work duties.
- Provide technical support and services for scientists and engineers working in fields such as agriculture, environmental science, resource management, biology, and health sciences.
- Participate in the research, development, or manufacturing of medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations.
- Keep detailed logs of all work-related activities.
- Feed livestock or laboratory animals.
- Isolate, identify and prepare specimens for examination.
- Conduct or supervise operational programs such as fish hatcheries, greenhouses and livestock production programs.
- Monitor and observe experiments, recording production and test data for evaluation by research personnel.
- Measure or weigh compounds and solutions for use in testing or animal feed.
- Monitor laboratory work to ensure compliance with set standards.
- Clean, maintain and prepare supplies and work areas.
- Analyze experimental data and interpret results to write reports and summaries of findings.
- Conduct research or assist in the conduct of research, including the collection of information and samples, such as blood, water, soil, plants and animals.
- Conduct standardized biological, microbiological or biochemical tests and laboratory analyses to evaluate the quantity or quality of physical or chemical substances in food or other products.
- Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory and field equipment.
- Examine animals and specimens to detect the presence of disease or other problems.
Related Technology & Tools
- Incubator microscopes
- Vacuum dehydration units
- Agitators
- Gel imaging apparatus
- Inherit sequencing analysis systems
- Microplate readers
- Amino acid analyzers
- Analytical balances
- Ultralow freezers
- Fluorometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Notebook computers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Automated tissue/slide stainers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Flow cytometers
- Glass washers
- Liquid nitrogen freezers
- Drying ovens
- Titration burets
- Radioactive counters
- Test tubes
- Inoculating loops
- Biological containment hoods
- Gel chromatography equipment
- Centrifuges
- Incubators
- Autoclaves
- Fluoride electrodes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Hybridization ovens
- Electrophoresis boxes
- Coulter counters
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Dissection microscopes
- Microplate shakers
- Full-face respirators
- Ultraviolet water purification systems
- Microplate washers
- Liquid handling robots
- Imaging systems
- Inverted microscopes
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Multichannel pipetters
- Sterilizers
- Distillation equipment
- Hematology cell counters
- High-voltage electrophoresis apparatus
- Paraffin embedding consoles
- Petri dishes
- Conductivity meters
- Laboratory ovens
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Cytofluorographs
- Laser printers
- Microcentrifuges
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Water jacketed incubators
- Automatic pipetters
- Homogenizers
- Aerobic growth chambers
- Robotic laboratory equipment
- Stirring hotplates
- Volumetric glassware
- Bioanalyzers
- Balances
- Electrophorators
- Automated microplate ELISA readers
- pH meters
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Waterbaths
- Ultramicrotomes
- Light/tissue culture microscopes
- Protein sequencers
- Automated cell counters
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR thermocyclers
- Personal computers
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- MapInfo MapMarker
- ESRI ArcGIS software (analytical or scientific feature)
- Systat Software Table Curve
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- Microsoft Project
- Harvard Graphics
- Gene Runner
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Thomson EndNote
- Graphics software
- Statistical software
- SAS
- Phrap
- Microsoft Office
- Primer3
- Microsoft Outlook
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Gene Codes Sequencher
- BoxShade
- Microsoft Excel
- PolyBayes
- Database software
- Microsoft Word
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Phred
- ClustalW
- Corel WordPerfect
- BD Biosciences CellQuest