Program Overview

Biology Lab Technician Program

Overview

The Biology lab technician program is a vocational training program that prepares students to work in medical and biological research, applied medicine, and public health. Biology lab technicians collaborate with scientists in project teams, preparing animal, plant, microorganism, and cell culture examinations and conducting them following scientists' instructions.

Program Details

• Official title: Biology lab technician (m/f/x)
• Vocational training program duration: 3 ½ years
• Key areas of this field:
  • Basic mandatory qualifications:
    • Knowledge of methodologies in chemistry and physics
    • Ability to conduct work in the fields of microbiology, cell cultures, molecular biology, biochemistry, diagnostics (hematological and histological work), and zoological pharmacology
  • Elective qualifications:
    • Ability to conduct immunological and biochemical work
    • Ability to conduct biotechnology work
    • Ability to conduct work in genetics and molecular biology
    • Ability to conduct work with cell cultures
    • Knowledge of information technology as it applies to the laboratory

Prerequisites

In addition to good to excellent grades in natural science subjects and English, applicants are expected to be highly motivated and quick to learn.

Career Opportunities

Biology lab technicians work in medical and biological research, applied medicine, and public health. In industry, they are often employed in pharmaceutical and cosmetic production, in food manufacturing, and at companies that create biotechnology products. They work for the most part in laboratories but are sometimes stationed at animal research centers.