OVERVIEW

Want to contribute to wider scientific discoveries? A Diploma of Laboratory Technology will teach you the technical, practical and scientific skills to work in a biosciences workplace. Industry specialisations include: construction materials testing, environmental monitoring, food/wine testing, pathology and/or forensic testing.

LEARNING SKILL

• Complex lab techniques

• Chemical analysis (chromatography and spectroscopy)

• Specialist expertise of molecular biology and chemical pathology

• Advanced understanding of microbiology and haematology

• Technical assistant

• Laboratory technician

• Technician in specialised industries, including construction materials testing, environmental monitoring, food testing, pathology and/or forensic testing, and pharmaceuticals

STUDY STRUCTURE

Maintain and calibrate instruments and equipment

Process and interpret data

Use laboratory application software

Analyse data and report results

Monitor the quality of test results and data

Perform tissue and cell culture techniques

Perform microbiological tests

Perform haematological tests

Perform chemical pathology tests

Perform biological procedures

Perform molecular biology tests and procedures

Apply routine chromatographic techniques

Apply routine spectrometric techniques