- Setting up, maintaining, and cleaning lab equipment and instruments
- Preparing samples you’ve gathered, such as bodily fluids, food, and bacterias
- Conducting tests and experiments on the samples
- Documenting all parts of your work
- Analyzing and interpreting your data
- Writing a report on your analysis
How to Become a Biological Technician
Employers prefer biology technicians to have a bachelor’s degree. In some cases, an associate’s degree is fine for an entry-level position. To become a biological technician, you must:- Get your high school diploma or GED.
- Enter a bachelor’s degree program majoring in biological science or a related field.
- Your college may offer a specialized program in microbiology, ecology, botany, wildlife biology, molecular biology, and aquatic biology.
- Take a computer science course.
- Get familiar with all the lab equipment by gaining lab experience from an internship or through your school labs.
- Get a job in your chosen field.
- Job experience will lead to a more advanced position such as a microbiologist, biochemist, or biophysicist.
- Consider advancing your degree which will allow you to become a biological scientist, or natural sciences manager.
