Bioinformatics Technicians
Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.
Also called: Bioinformatics Analyst, Bioinformatics Specialist, Research Assistant, Scientific Informatics Analyst
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- biology
Skills:
- reading work related information
- figuring out how to use new ideas or things
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- read and understand what is written
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Analytical Thinking
- Achievement/Effort
- Dependability
- Initiative
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
Object or component oriented development software
Data base user interface and query software
