Agricultural technician

Code 3142.1

Agricultural technicians collect and conduct experiments and tests on agriculture and aquaculture specimens. They provide support to scientists and farmers and also analyse and report on conditions in the collected specimens' environments.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • laboratory techniques

Skills and competences

  • analyse scientific data
  • analyse test data
  • analyse environmental data
  • apply safety procedures in laboratory
  • maintain laboratory equipment
  • write work-related reports
  • conduct field work
  • gather experimental data

Transversal competences

  • execute analytical mathematical calculations

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences