How much does an Technician in biotherism earn
A Technician in biotherism earns between $1.282 and $4.879 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.201 and a median salary of $1.856 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.
Our research is based on the salaries of 393 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).
| Monthly Salary | Annual Salary | Salary Per Week | Hourly Salary | |
| Average wage | 2.201 | 26.417 | 550 | 10 |
| 1º Quartile | 1.282 | 15.382 | 320 | 6 |
| Median Salary | 1.856 | 22.270 | 464 | 9 |
| 3º Quartile | 3.721 | 44.647 | 930 | 18 |
| Higher Salary | 4.879 | 58.543 | 1.220 | 23 |
Professional job categories
- Middle level technicians
- middle-level technicians in the biological, biochemical, health sciences
- biology technicians
- biology technicians
Related Positions:
Main workplaces
Biology Technicians work is carried out indoors, during daytime hours, or by shift rotation. The professionals work, mostly, as salaried employees, with a formal contract. They work under occasional supervision, organized in a multidisciplinary team, in research and development centers, universities and in the health area. In some of the activities they carry out, they are exposed to noise, radiation, high temperatures, toxic material and biological and allergenic risks.
What does it take to work in the field of Biology Technicians
The exercise of these occupations requires a technical course in biology (high school level) or similar areas.
Functions and activities of Technician in biotherism
Biology Technicians must:
Activities
- monitor environmental pressure;
- perform hysterectomy in rats, mice and hamsters;
- monitor ambient temperature;
- operate microtomy device;
- collect fluid from animals;
- applying first aid care;
- exchange animal microenvironment;
- make decisions;
- mating animals;
- monitor ventilation system;
- use specific products for asepsis and disinfection;
- destroy contaminating agents;
- feeding animals;
- intubate animals;
- sterilize materials;
- monitor humidity;
- transfer embryos;
- perform vasectomy in laboratory animals;
- operate insulators;
- freeze carcasses;
- identify animals (tattoo, stamps or plates);
- bathing animals;
- check physical appearance of animals;
- monitor luminosity;
- store discarded material;
- vaccinating yourself against pathogens;
- transplant skin;
- check age of animals;
- centrifuge biological materials;
- show patience;
- inoculate substances into animals;
- operate microscope;
- insert tissue in paraffin;
- operate sterilization equipment;
- using collective protection equipment;
- demonstrate concentration;
- sanitize materials and animal husbandry environments;
- handling fire extinguishers;
- send biological material for analysis;
- bagging organic waste and carcasses;
- work as a team;
- deal with animals;
- packing animals and biological materials for transport;
- check the age of animals;
- adjust equipment temperature;
- place boxes, cages, drinkers and nozzles in immersion;
- suturing animals;
- select matrices;
- register data;
- collect animal feces;
- cure animals;
- taking baths;
- provide maintenance services;
- perform serological reactions;
- operate measuring equipment;
- work as a team;
- control entry and exit of people, equipment and animals;
- immobilize animals (restraint);
- scraping boxes and cages;
- monitor vivarium infrastructure;
- transport bagged biological materials;
- demonstrate concentration;
- wearing personal protective equipment;
- remove nonstandard and excess animals from colonies;
- making slides;
- weighing animals;
- respect animal welfare;
- operate laminar flow;
- express yourself orally;
- sowing culture media;
- operate micro manipulator;
- observe animal behavior;
- sexing animals;
- demonstrate detail orientation;
- weaning animals;
- classify discarded material;
- administering medicines to animals;
- operate sanitation equipment;
- provide information to users;
- freeze embryos (cryopreservation);
- submit to health examinations;
- request the purchase of materials;
- sacrifice animals;
- collect animal tissues;
- manipulating chemicals;
- incinerate biological materials;
Sectors that hire Technician in biotherism the most in the job market
- supply and management of human resources for third parties
- activities of associations for the defense of social rights
- combined building support services
- cleaning in buildings and households
- combined office and administrative support services
- live animal wholesale
- higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
- growing apple
- animal artificial insemination service
- engineering services
