Laboratory Technician - Advanced Apprenticeship

Laboratory technicians work across a wide range of organisations, including but not exclusively in chemical, primary and secondary pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, formulated products, nuclear companies; and analytical science services, dental laboratories and educational establishments.

Working at the forefront of technology, technicians are primarily responsible for carrying out both routine and one-off laboratory testing, manufacturing where relevant and performing a variety of technical support functions across the organisation.

In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with the laboratory manager and colleagues, internal departments such as manufacturing, procurement and quality, internal customers such as medical staff, teaching staff and students, external suppliers and customers such as service engineers, delivery drivers, regulatory bodies and inspection teams e.g. HSE.