Metrology technician to zoology technician
A metrology technician already meets 23% of what the zoology technician role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.8/ 100
1 How much of what a zoology technician is expected to do is already part of a metrology technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the zoology technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A zoology technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a metrology technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- biology
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- laboratory techniques
- maintain laboratory equipment
- perform scientific research
- write technical reports
What stands in the way is 13 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 6 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 metrology technician background worth leading with.
- already held maintain laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held calibrate laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held write technical reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held perform scientific research information skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the zoology technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 33 missing skills fall into 13 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn analyse experimental laboratory data required
- still to learn assist in the production of laboratory documentation required
- still to learn apply scientific methods required
- still to learn collect biological data required
- optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
- optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
- optional, not held inspect animal welfare management optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- still to learn applied zoology required
- still to learn laboratory equipment required
- still to learn animal biology required
- optional, not held cryopreservation optional
- optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
- optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held life sciences optional
- still to learn use laboratory equipment required
- still to learn perform laboratory tests required
- still to learn animal behaviour required
- still to learn apply safety procedures in laboratory required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
7 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 analyse experimental laboratory data practise this
- 02 animal behaviour study this
- 03 applied zoology study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held biology knowledge
- already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
- already held laboratory techniques knowledge
- already held maintain laboratory equipment skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held write technical reports skill
The 7 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn manage inventory required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held animal food products optional
- optional, not held watershed development optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held preserve samples optional
- optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
- optional, not held prepare visual data optional
- optional, not held write research proposals optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
- optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
- optional, not held animal food products optional
- optional, not held cryopreservation optional
- optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
- optional, not held inspect animal welfare management optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology 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
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held life sciences optional
- optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
- optional, not held prepare visual data optional
- optional, not held preserve samples optional
- optional, not held write research proposals optional
24 held skills the zoology technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role algebra knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate precision instrument skill
- not needed by the target role contact scientists skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role geometry knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect material skill
- not needed by the target role instrumentation engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role meteorology knowledge
- not needed by the target role metrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role order equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform test run skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role study the relationships between quantities skill
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
- not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role write calibration report skill
16 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn animal behaviour required
- still to learn applied zoology required
- still to learn laboratory equipment required
- still to learn animal biology required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held animal food products optional
- optional, not held cryopreservation optional
- optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
- optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology 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
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held life sciences optional
Common questions about this move
Can a metrology technician become a zoology technician?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A metrology technician already covers 23% of what a zoology technician is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 6 of which the zoology technician role treats as required.
What skills does a metrology technician need to become a zoology technician?
13 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 13 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse experimental laboratory data.
How hard is the move from metrology technician to zoology technician?
Its learning distance is 76.8 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.