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MINOR GROUP 321: LIFE SCIENCE TECHNICIANS AND RELATED ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
 


    Life science technicians and related associate professionals perform technical tasks related to research and the practical application of concepts, principles and operational methods particular to life sciences, such as biology, botany, zoology, bacteriology and biochemistry, as well as to agriculture, agronomy and forestry.

    Tasks performed usually include: undertaking and carrying out technical work connected either with research in the field of life sciences, or with the application of their concepts, principles and operational methods, especially in the areas of medicine, agriculture or pharmaceutical manufacture.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    3211 Life science technicians

    3212 Agronomy and forestry technicians

    3213 Farming and forestry advisers

   
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 Updated 18 September 2004, by VA.