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Salary Working

• Starting salaries vary between hours
£16,000 and £22,000.
The working routine follows a seasonal
• With three to five years’ experience, pattern and shifts are usually quite long
salaries can reach £22,000 to £25,000. with the plants requiring care seven days a

• Typical salaries at senior levels range week, although some months are less busy
between £27,000 and £40,000+. than others. Extra hours may sometimes be
required depending on the experiments that
Skills are being carried out.

You’ll need to have: Qualifications

• enthusiasm, commitment and a You’ll need a good honours degree for entry
strong interest in plants and plant into this career. Relevant subjects include
science life and medical sciences and agricultural
• good problem-solving skills and horticultural sciences. In particular, the
• excellent oral and written following degree subjects are helpful:
communication skills • agriculture
• the ability to carry out work • biology
independently and with patience
• a flexible approach • biotechnology THE PEOPLE.
• the ability and stamina to undertake • botany and plant science
research and long-term projects • crop and plant science
• the skills to manage a busy laboratory • genetics
• strong team-working skills • horticulture THE CAREERS.
• an analytical and investigative mind • molecular biology.
• computer literacy and technical
skills, as most laboratories are highly
computerised THE WORKFORCE.
• a driving licence may be required
for some posts.

Worcestershire Labour Market Information.
For more information about this job and many others linking to Geography
why not visit the Prospects – Job Profile website. 25 | DECEMBER 2020
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-a-to-z#section-A

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