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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”
- Feed livestock or laboratory animals.
- Clean, maintain and prepare supplies and work areas.
- Isolate, identify and prepare specimens for examination.
- Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory and field equipment.
- Keep detailed logs of all work-related activities.
- 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.
- Provide technical support and services for scientists and engineers working in fields such as agriculture, environmental science, resource management, biology, and health sciences.
- Measure or weigh compounds and solutions for use in testing or animal feed.
- Participate in the research, development, or manufacturing of medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations.
- Monitor laboratory work to ensure compliance with set standards.
- 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.
- Conduct research or assist in the conduct of research, including the collection of information and samples, such as blood, water, soil, plants and animals.
- Analyze experimental data and interpret results to write reports and summaries of findings.
- Use computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-technology industrial applications to perform work duties.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Sterilizers
- Ultralow freezers
- Automatic pipetters
- Automated cell counters
- Petri dishes
- Spectrophotometers
- Radioactive counters
- Automated tissue/slide stainers
- Distillation equipment
- Drying ovens
- High-voltage electrophoresis apparatus
- Homogenizers
- Notebook computers
- Inoculating loops
- Laser printers
- Automated microplate ELISA readers
- Inherit sequencing analysis systems
- Glass washers
- Ultraviolet water purification systems
- Gel chromatography equipment
- Microplate washers
- Ultramicrotomes
- Laboratory ovens
- Analytical balances
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Protein sequencers
- Liquid nitrogen freezers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Gel imaging apparatus
- Electrophoresis boxes
- Fluoride electrodes
- Biological containment hoods
- Microcentrifuges
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Ultracentrifuges
- Titration burets
- Full-face respirators
- Flow cytometers
- Incubator microscopes
- Balances
- Liquid handling robots
- Microplate readers
- Electrophorators
- Volumetric glassware
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Multichannel pipetters
- Fluorometers
- Conductivity meters
- Paraffin embedding consoles
- Personal computers
- Hematology cell counters
- Microplate shakers
- Centrifuges
- pH meters
- Test tubes
- Bioanalyzers
- Inverted microscopes
- Vacuum dehydration units
- Cytofluorographs
- Amino acid analyzers
- Incubators
- Robotic laboratory equipment
- Stirring hotplates
- Water jacketed incubators
- Agitators
- Aerobic growth chambers
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Hybridization ovens
- Coulter counters
- Dissection microscopes
- Imaging systems
- Light/tissue culture microscopes
- Autoclaves
- Waterbaths
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR thermocyclers
- Microsoft Office
- Statistical software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- MapInfo MapMarker
- BD Biosciences CellQuest
- Phrap
- Systat Software Table Curve
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- ESRI ArcGIS software (analytical or scientific feature)
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
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- Gene Runner
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Harvard Graphics
- Microsoft Project
- Phred
- Gene Codes Sequencher
- Database software
- SAS
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Excel
- Primer3
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- PolyBayes
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Graphics software
- ClustalW
- Microsoft Access
- Thomson EndNote