Where a bacteriology technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bacteriology technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Bacteriology technicians provide technical assistance in researching and testing bacteria using laboratory equipment. They collect and analyse data for experiments, compile reports and maintain laboratory stock.
Also known as biochemistry lab technician, biology technician, biochemistry laboratory technician, biology technologist, chemist, chemistry technologist, biochemistry technologist, chemistry technician, biologist, medical laboratory technician, bacteriology technologist, bacteriology culture technician.
Technicians and associate professionals 39 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: biochemistry technician, 76%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A bacteriology technician needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- use laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- laboratory equipment natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation information skills
- stem cells natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- collect biological data information skills
- molecular biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- analyse experimental laboratory data information skills
- maintain laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- manage inventory management skills
- calibrate laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a bacteriology technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- zoology technician 76% covered · difficulty 28.9
- botanical technician 72% covered · difficulty 33
- scientific laboratory technician 51% covered · difficulty 53
- medical laboratory assistant 38% covered · difficulty 63.8
- agronomist 38% covered · difficulty 64.9
- aquatic animal health professional 38% covered · difficulty 65.2
- biotechnical technician 35% covered · difficulty 67
- physics technician 34% covered · difficulty 68.1
- marine biologist 33% covered · difficulty 69.1
- metrology technician 23% covered · difficulty 77.2
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Bacteriology technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bacteriology technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.