bacteriology techniciantobotanical technician
A bacteriology technician already meets 70% of what the botanical technician role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
35.9/ 100
1 Share of the botanical technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bacteriology technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A botanical technician role treats 17 of its required skills as things a bacteriology technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- biology
- botany
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A botanical technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bacteriology technician background worth leading with.
- already held use laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held laboratory equipment natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held maintain freelance database working with computers
- already held preserve samples handling and moving
- already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation information skills
- already held analyse cell cultures information skills
All 25 carried skills, including the 17 the botanical technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held plant species required
- required, not held characteristics of plants required
- optional, not held variety of botanicals optional
- optional, not held aquatic species optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held plant care products optional
- optional, not held reforestation optional
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held nurse plants optional
- optional, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants optional
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a botanical technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held analyse experimental laboratory data skill
- already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
- already held apply scientific methods skill
- already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
- already held biology knowledge
- already held botany knowledge
- already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
- already held collect biological data skill
- already held laboratory equipment knowledge
- already held laboratory techniques knowledge
- already held maintain laboratory equipment skill
- already held manage inventory skill
- already held perform laboratory tests skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held use laboratory equipment skill
- already held write technical reports skill
- already held analyse cell cultures skill
- already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
- already held keep task records skill
- already held label samples skill
- already held maintain freelance database skill
- already held prepare visual data skill
- already held preserve samples skill
- already held write research proposals skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held biosecurity optional
- optional, not held create soil and plant improvement programmes optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held analyse environmental data optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held create soil and plant improvement programmes optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held nurse plants optional
- optional, not held plant care products optional
- optional, not held reforestation optional
- optional, not held variety of botanicals optional
- optional, not held aquatic species optional
- optional, not held biosecurity optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants optional
14 held skills the botanical technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist in clinical trials skill
- not needed by the target role biological chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical cytology knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
- not needed by the target role communicable diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role immunology knowledge
- not needed by the target role life sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- not needed by the target role molecular biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role parasitology knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform fertility laboratory procedures skill
- not needed by the target role pharmaceutical industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role stem cells knowledge
- not needed by the target role virology knowledge
13 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held plant species required
- required, not held characteristics of plants required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held plant care products optional
- optional, not held reforestation optional
- optional, not held variety of botanicals optional
- optional, not held aquatic species optional
- optional, not held biosecurity optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.