Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

biochemistry techniciantozoology technician

A biochemistry technician already meets 74% of what the zoology technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From biochemistry technician
74%
Overlap1
To zoology technician
27 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
31.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

74%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

31.2/ 100

1 Share of the zoology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the biochemistry 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

Why this move works

A zoology technician role treats 15 of its required skills as things a biochemistry 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
  • calibrate laboratory equipment

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A zoology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a biochemistry technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held laboratory equipment natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held evolutionary biology 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

All 27 carried skills, including the 15 the zoology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held applied zoology required
  • required, not held animal biology required
  • optional, not held cryopreservation optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect biological data required
  • optional, not held inspect animal welfare management optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
04 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held animal food products optional
  • optional, not held watershed development optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a zoology 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 calibrate laboratory equipment 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 blood samples skill
  • already held analyse cell cultures skill
  • already held evolutionary biology knowledge
  • already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
  • already held keep task records skill
  • already held label samples skill
  • already held life sciences knowledge
  • already held maintain freelance database skill
  • already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • already held prepare visual data skill
  • already held preserve samples skill
  • already held write research proposals skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held animal food products optional
  • optional, not held cryopreservation optional
  • optional, not held inspect animal welfare management optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held watershed development optional
  • optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
17 held skills the zoology technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analytical chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biological chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biotechnology 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 computational chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct routine blood testing skill
  • not needed by the target role endocrinology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine samples in dermatology skill
  • not needed by the target role genetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform chemical experiments skill
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solid phase microextraction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stem cells knowledge
  • not needed by the target role toxicology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role virology knowledge
10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held animal behaviour required
  • required, not held applied zoology required
  • required, not held animal biology required
  • optional, not held animal food products optional
  • optional, not held cryopreservation optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held watershed development optional
  • optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from biochemistry technician

Full index of moves from biochemistry technician

Note

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.