Occupation Atlasbotanical technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2c5ae1b4-c3ca-4882-b7ce-e346ae5b5b00
botanical technician
Botanical technicians provide technical assistance in researching and testing different plant species to monitor their properties such as growth and structure. They collect and analyse data using laboratory equipment, compile reports and maintain laboratory stock. Botanical technicians also study plants to research their use in areas such as medicine, food and materials.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.32
- I Investigative4.48
- C Conventional4.39
- E Enterprising3.78
- S Social2.30
- A Artistic1.25
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Foresters (19-1032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply scientific methods
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- biology
- botany
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- characteristics of plants
- collect biological data
- laboratory equipment
- laboratory techniques
- maintain laboratory equipment
- manage inventory
- perform laboratory tests
- perform scientific research
- plant species
- scientific research methodology
- use laboratory equipment
- write technical reports
Optional (26)
- aeroponics
- analyse cell cultures
- analyse environmental data
- aquatic species
- biosecurity
- chemistry
- conduct ecological surveys
- create soil and plant improvement programmes
- ecology
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- hazardous waste storage
- horticulture principles
- hydroponics
- keep task records
- label samples
- maintain freelance database
- maintain plant health
- nurse plants
- plant care products
- prepare visual data
- preserve samples
- reforestation
- variety of botanicals
- write research proposals
O*NET equivalents
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