Also called: EM Technician
Samples air, surfaces, and water in cleanrooms to catch any microbes before they contaminate medicines.
Places agar plates around a sterile room, swabs machines, counts particles in the air, and incubates the samples to see if anything grows.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate in biology or biotechnology.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Biotechnology (associate), Microbiology.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. Continuous particle counters and rapid micro tests automate some sampling; swabbing and plate reading stay hands-on.
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Biotechnology CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4021.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.