ANZSCO: 234514 Biotechnologist
Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: A)
Group A : Skills Assessment Criteria:
Qualification(s) assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post qualification
highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.
Requirements for Skills Assessment
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor Degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
In addition to the above, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level,
- undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Please note in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
Skills Assessment Outcome.
Qualification
AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree. This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
» Biotechnology
» Bioinformatics/Computational Biology
» Gene Technologies
» Molecular Biology and Immunology
» Molecular Genetics
» Cell and Developmental Biology
» Environmental Biotechnology
Fields of study considered on a case-by-case basis if containing relevant subjects or underpinning studies in Biotechnology and supportive work experience:
» Biostatistics
» Microbiology
» Life Science
» Biomedicine
» Biology
» Chemistry
» Physics
» Genetics
» Agriculture
» Zoology
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
» Studying micro-organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, yeast and their enzymes, and using the knowledge gained to create and develop new, and improve existing, products, materials and processes
» Undertaking research projects, experimental planning, execution, report writing, publishing scientific papers and presentation of study outcomes to key internal and external stakeholders.
Additional tasks may include:
» Identifying cellular and developmental events that ensure continuity of life
» Developing, optimising and validating diagnostic tools to rapidly detect diseases
» Using bacteria, enzymes and other organisms for a range of industrial uses, including agricultural production, food production and waste removal
» Conducting research and experiments in the field of genetic modification and biomolecular engineering, which involves altering the genetic make-up of plants
and animals
» Using biological engineering processes to create commercially useful biological products, such as biomaterials, chemicals or fuels
» Using computational/bioinformatics tools to collect and analyse data in various fields such as biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, biomedicine, pharmaceutical development, etc
Reference: vetassess.com.au
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