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School Lab technician
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Hiya,
Following on from my scientific jobs thread, just wondering if anyone has any experience or knows anything about being a school lab technician (for the science department).
Its what I really fancy doing, I don’t know why its just one of those things that really appeals. I plan in a couple of years to do a pgce in secondary science but at the moment just need to get out of education as final year is slowly frying my brain.
I have lab experience from doing my dissertation in the uni microbiology labs but what we do is limited to preparing and pouring media, measuring pH's counting colonies, basically just your general microbiology stuff. I also have experience of using the environmental labs but that’s also basic stuff like measuring temp, content of samples a lot of working with invertebrates.
All the adverts I have seen ask for lab experience and a relevant qualification, I know I probably don’t have enough experience. I have tried asking the uni lab staff if they had any information but all I get out of them is you think you could do my job? Do you realise what it entails? (Well no that’s why im asking !!!!!) But the uni lab staff aren’t my biggest fans due to other reasons.
I don’t really know where im going with this now it’s just turned into a big rant lol. So if anyone bothered to finish reading and has any advice / info please comment.
Cheers, Mel
Following on from my scientific jobs thread, just wondering if anyone has any experience or knows anything about being a school lab technician (for the science department).
Its what I really fancy doing, I don’t know why its just one of those things that really appeals. I plan in a couple of years to do a pgce in secondary science but at the moment just need to get out of education as final year is slowly frying my brain.
I have lab experience from doing my dissertation in the uni microbiology labs but what we do is limited to preparing and pouring media, measuring pH's counting colonies, basically just your general microbiology stuff. I also have experience of using the environmental labs but that’s also basic stuff like measuring temp, content of samples a lot of working with invertebrates.
All the adverts I have seen ask for lab experience and a relevant qualification, I know I probably don’t have enough experience. I have tried asking the uni lab staff if they had any information but all I get out of them is you think you could do my job? Do you realise what it entails? (Well no that’s why im asking !!!!!) But the uni lab staff aren’t my biggest fans due to other reasons.
I don’t really know where im going with this now it’s just turned into a big rant lol. So if anyone bothered to finish reading and has any advice / info please comment.
Cheers, Mel
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As for the whole "so, you think you could do my job eh?" The answer to that is probably "yes I could".
Saying that though, I applied for a job as a school science tech and never heard anything back :no:
i dont want people to think im some kind of psyco stalker hehe. if you dont think i would come across as s ome total wierdo how could i word it?
cheers
id just say that you're an old pupil (maybe put the year left) and that you're wondering if he could give you some career advice...
it never occurs to me to write letters.
i think i will do that now and post it in the morning
cheers
much like working as a technician for a drugs company where you just follow instruction
cheers for the replies
mel