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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 Research Assistant
- Medical Lab Assistant
- Marine Fisheries Technician
- Laboratory Worker
- Laboratory Associate
- 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 “Medical Technologist”
- Isolate, identify and prepare specimens for examination.
- Keep detailed logs of all work-related activities.
- Conduct or supervise operational programs such as fish hatcheries, greenhouses and livestock production programs.
- Conduct research or assist in the conduct of research, including the collection of information and samples, such as blood, water, soil, plants and animals.
- Feed livestock or laboratory animals.
- Measure or weigh compounds and solutions for use in testing or animal feed.
- Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory and field equipment.
- 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.
- Monitor and observe experiments, recording production and test data for evaluation by research personnel.
- Analyze experimental data and interpret results to write reports and summaries of findings.
- Examine animals and specimens to detect the presence of disease or other problems.
- Participate in the research, development, or manufacturing of medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations.
- Clean, maintain and prepare supplies and work areas.
- Provide technical support and services for scientists and engineers working in fields such as agriculture, environmental science, resource management, biology, and health sciences.
- Monitor laboratory work to ensure compliance with set standards.
- Use computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-technology industrial applications to perform work duties.
Related Technology & Tools
- Incubator microscopes
- Agitators
- Test tubes
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Fluorometers
- Light/tissue culture microscopes
- Electrophoresis boxes
- Microplate readers
- Dissection microscopes
- Multichannel pipetters
- Cytofluorographs
- Personal computers
- Coulter counters
- pH meters
- Liquid nitrogen freezers
- Ultralow freezers
- Drying ovens
- Radioactive counters
- Robotic laboratory equipment
- Gel chromatography equipment
- Inverted microscopes
- Laboratory ovens
- Spectrophotometers
- Microplate washers
- Laser printers
- Protein sequencers
- Glass washers
- Notebook computers
- Hybridization ovens
- Liquid handling robots
- Microcentrifuges
- Paraffin embedding consoles
- Ultracentrifuges
- Analytical balances
- Automated tissue/slide stainers
- Homogenizers
- Conductivity meters
- Bioanalyzers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Automated cell counters
- Sterilizers
- Fluoride electrodes
- Waterbaths
- Automatic pipetters
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR thermocyclers
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Imaging systems
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Hematology cell counters
- Automated microplate ELISA readers
- Centrifuges
- Flow cytometers
- Stirring hotplates
- High-voltage electrophoresis apparatus
- Vacuum dehydration units
- Gel imaging apparatus
- Distillation equipment
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Volumetric glassware
- Full-face respirators
- Balances
- Incubators
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Biological containment hoods
- Ultraviolet water purification systems
- Autoclaves
- Inherit sequencing analysis systems
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Electrophorators
- Water jacketed incubators
- Ultramicrotomes
- Inoculating loops
- Titration burets
- Microplate shakers
- Aerobic growth chambers
- Petri dishes
- Amino acid analyzers
- Gene Runner
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- PolyBayes
- Phrap
- Harvard Graphics
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- Statistical software
- Phred
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- Microsoft Project
- Database software
- Microsoft Word
- SAS
- ClustalW
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- Graphics software
- Microsoft Excel
- Systat Software Table Curve
- BoxShade
- Thomson EndNote
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- Microsoft Access
- Corel WordPerfect
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
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