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

zoology techniciantobiology technician

A zoology technician already meets 72% of what the biology technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From zoology technician
72%
Overlap1
To biology technician
33 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
35.5 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 35.5

This move: 35.5 of 100 · moderate

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A biology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a zoology 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 33 carried skills, including the 18 the biology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held computational biology required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held genomics optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held molecular biology optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect samples for analysis required
  • optional, not held collect reproductive cells optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held perform stem cell transplantation required
04 health and welfare 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held biosecurity optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform field research optional
  • optional, not held monitor the welfare of animals optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a biology 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 33 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 collect biological data skill
  • already held cryopreservation knowledge
  • already held laboratory equipment knowledge
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held life sciences 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 animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held applied zoology knowledge
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held environmental legislation knowledge
  • already held evolutionary biology knowledge
  • 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 microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • already held prepare visual data skill
  • already held preserve samples skill
  • already held write research proposals skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held collect reproductive cells optional
  • optional, not held genomics optional
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
  • optional, not held perform field research optional
  • optional, not held biosecurity optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held molecular biology optional
  • optional, not held monitor the welfare of animals optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
6 held skills the biology technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animal biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animal food products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect animal welfare management skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role watershed development knowledge
12 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 computational biology required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held genomics optional
  • optional, not held biosecurity optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held molecular biology optional
  • optional, not held oceanography optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from zoology technician

Full index of moves from zoology 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.