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Biomedical Technician Training Program

 

     The Biomedical Research Technician is responsible to the Principal Investigator or head of the biomedical research laboratory for the day-to-day operation of the lab. The work of the Biomedical Research Technician focuses on the basic and applied scientific research that takes place in the laboratory, performing a variety of routine and moderately complex laboratory techniques and chores, maintaining laboratory equipment, keeping the laboratory stocked and keeping research notebooks and laboratory records. The work of the technician can be independent within an organizational structure, require judgment in solving problems and making routine recommendations, and include sharing of common jobs. The technician’s work is regarded with equal respect and importance among personnel from different levels of commitment and reasons to be in the laboratory. The Biomedical Research Technician is responsible for following protocols, making detailed observations, obtaining, analyzing and recording data, and reporting experimental results to the immediate supervisor or head of the laboratory.

     Successful graduates will be ready to apply for full-time positions as Biomedical Research Technicians. An entry-level Biomedical Research Technician can earn a starting salary in the range of $23, 000 to the high $30,000’s with many opportunities for career and educational advancement. Throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, the biomedical research institutions, universities and hospitals, as well as the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries which include over 80 companies will be expanding and increasing their demands for skilled biomedical technicians. The companies alone anticipate filling 260+ biotechnician positions over the next 3-5 years.