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

marine biologisttobacteriology technician

A marine biologist already meets 33% of what the bacteriology technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From marine biologist
33%
Overlap1
To bacteriology technician
10 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
69.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.1/ 100

1 Share of the bacteriology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the marine biologist 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 bacteriology technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a marine biologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply scientific methods
  • biology
  • collect biological data
  • laboratory techniques
  • microbiology-bacteriology
  • molecular biology

What stands in the way is 12 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bacteriology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a marine biologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held collect biological data information skills
  • already held molecular biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held botany natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held microbiology-bacteriology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held write research proposals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the bacteriology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 10 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held calibrate laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held maintain laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held perform laboratory tests required
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held parasitology optional
  • optional, not held clinical cytology optional
  • optional, not held life sciences optional
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse experimental laboratory data required
  • required, not held assist in the production of laboratory documentation required
  • optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
04 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held collect samples for analysis required
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held preserve samples optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held write technical reports required
  • optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bacteriology 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply scientific methods skill
  • already held biology knowledge
  • already held collect biological data skill
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • already held molecular biology knowledge
  • already held perform scientific research skill
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
  • already held botany knowledge
  • already held write research proposals skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage inventory required
08 health and welfare 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicable diseases optional
  • optional, not held immunology optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
09 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
  • optional, not held prepare visual data optional
10 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held parasitology optional
  • optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
  • optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
  • optional, not held clinical cytology optional
  • optional, not held communicable diseases optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
  • optional, not held immunology optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
  • optional, not held life sciences optional
  • optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
  • optional, not held prepare visual data optional
  • optional, not held preserve samples optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
34 held skills the bacteriology technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on nature conservation skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse fish samples for diagnosis skill
  • not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coastal management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct fish mortality studies skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct fish populations studies skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on fauna skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on flora skill
  • not needed by the target role control aquatic production environment skill
  • not needed by the target role develop aquaculture strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ecosystem management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fish anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fish biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fish identification and classification knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather experimental data skill
  • not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect fish stock skill
  • not needed by the target role marine biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
  • not needed by the target role oceanography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organism taxonomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform field research skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physiology of animals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role send samples to laboratory skill
  • not needed by the target role treat fish diseases skill
  • not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
11 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 laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held stem cells required
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held parasitology optional
  • optional, not held clinical cytology optional
  • optional, not held communicable diseases optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
  • optional, not held immunology optional
  • optional, not held life sciences optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
  • optional, not held virology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from marine biologist

Full index of moves from marine biologist

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.