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

botanical techniciantobiology technician

A botanical technician already meets 64% of what the biology technician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From botanical technician
64%
Overlap1
To biology technician
29 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
44.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

44.5/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

A biology technician role treats 16 of its required skills as things a botanical technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse experimental laboratory data
  • apply safety procedures in laboratory
  • apply scientific methods
  • assist in the production of laboratory documentation
  • biology
  • calibrate laboratory equipment

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 29 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 botanical 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 maintain freelance database working with computers
  • already held preserve samples handling and moving
  • already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation information skills
  • already held analyse cell cultures information skills

All 29 carried skills, including the 16 the biology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 8 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 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held computational biology required
  • required, not held cryopreservation required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • required, not held life sciences required
  • optional, not held applied zoology optional
  • optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
  • optional, not held genomics optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology 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 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
  • optional, not held perform field research optional
  • optional, not held monitor the welfare of animals optional
05 health and welfare 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional

2 further areas 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 29 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 laboratory equipment knowledge
  • already held laboratory techniques 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 cell cultures skill
  • already held biosecurity knowledge
  • already held botany knowledge
  • already held chemistry knowledge
  • already held ecology knowledge
  • already held environmental legislation 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 prepare visual data skill
  • already held preserve samples skill
  • already held write research proposals skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse blood samples optional
  • optional, not held applied zoology optional
  • optional, not held collect reproductive cells optional
  • optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
  • optional, not held genomics optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
  • optional, not held perform field research optional
  • optional, not held animal welfare legislation 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
16 held skills the biology technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role aeroponics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
  • not needed by the target role aquatic species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role create soil and plant improvement programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
  • not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hydroponics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain plant health skill
  • not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
  • not needed by the target role plant care products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plant species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role reforestation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role variety of botanicals knowledge
15 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 cryopreservation required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • required, not held life sciences required
  • optional, not held applied zoology optional
  • optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
  • optional, not held genomics optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
  • optional, not held animal welfare legislation 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 botanical technician

Full index of moves from botanical 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.