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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 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
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- Biomedical Technician
- Biology Specimen Technician
- Biology Research Assistant
- Biology Laboratory Assistant
- Biologist Aide
- Biological Scientist
- Biological Sciences Technician
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- Biological Science Aide
- Biological Aide
- Biochemistry Technician
- Bacteriology Technician
- Bacteriology Research Assistant
- Bacteriology Lab Specialist
- Babcock Tester
- Artificial Inseminator
- Artificial Breeding Technician
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- Aquatic Scientist
Tasks for “Research Associate”
- Analyze experimental data and interpret results to write reports and summaries of findings.
- Monitor laboratory work to ensure compliance with set standards.
- Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory and field equipment.
- Keep detailed logs of all work-related activities.
- Clean, maintain and prepare supplies and work areas.
- 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.
- Examine animals and specimens to detect the presence of disease or other problems.
- Feed livestock or laboratory animals.
- Measure or weigh compounds and solutions for use in testing or animal feed.
- Use computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-technology industrial applications to perform work duties.
- Isolate, identify and prepare specimens for examination.
- Monitor and observe experiments, recording production and test data for evaluation by research personnel.
- Conduct or supervise operational programs such as fish hatcheries, greenhouses and livestock production programs.
- Participate in the research, development, or manufacturing of medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations.
- Conduct research or assist in the conduct of research, including the collection of information and samples, such as blood, water, soil, plants and animals.
- Provide technical support and services for scientists and engineers working in fields such as agriculture, environmental science, resource management, biology, and health sciences.
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- Vacuum dehydration units
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- Dissection microscopes
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Homogenizers
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- Electrophorators
- Radioactive counters
- Amino acid analyzers
- Analytical balances
- Autoclaves
- Spectrophotometers
- Refrigerated centrifuges
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- Imaging systems
- Multichannel pipetters
- Microcentrifuges
- Centrifuges
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Liquid handling robots
- Waterbaths
- Gel imaging apparatus
- Microplate readers
- Hybridization ovens
- Light/tissue culture microscopes
- Glass washers
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- Laboratory ovens
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- Sterilizers
- Conductivity meters
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- Incubator microscopes
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- Titration burets
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- pH meters
- Drying ovens
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- Volumetric glassware
- Automatic pipetters
- Fluorometers
- Balances
- Petri dishes
- High-voltage electrophoresis apparatus
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Inverted microscopes
- Aerobic growth chambers
- Robotic laboratory equipment
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- Flow cytometers
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- Liquid nitrogen freezers
- Water jacketed incubators
- Ultramicrotomes
- Biological containment hoods
- Full-face respirators
- Stirring hotplates
- Incubators
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- Automated microplate ELISA readers
- Laser printers
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
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