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53 Lab Technician jobs in Australia

Lab technicians are required by medical, pathology, biological, engineering or other chemical laboratories. The laboratory technician is responsible for overseeing laboratory staff and undertake more complex lab testing and sampling work. Laboratory technicians work as part of a scientific team, sampling, testing and analysing test results. This work is usually undertaken as part of scientific and medical research and development. The job of a laboratory technician is to ensure quality control and work according to strict lab protocols and methodologies. Lab technician's are scientific staff; testing, sampling and recording to the greatest scientific detail and accuracy.

Laboratory technicians have important roles as part of protecting public health and commonly work with water and food samples as well as medical and biological sampling for health and environmental well-being.

Responsibilities & Skills

The laboratory technician has an important role overseeing lab functioning. This includes basic staff training and management, stock control as well as research and development responsibilities. Sample testing and experiments are a major component of the laboratory technician's job and associated with this responsibility is test interpretation and reporting. Data recording and analysis are often done with software programs and thus computer skills are necessary. The laboratory technician remains in close consultation with the scientific staff and report back through written reports as well as meetings.

- Ability to work extremely accurate and detailed.
- Ability to accurately and safely work with lab equipment and chemical solutions.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.