Bioinformatics Technicians

• Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
• Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
• Extend existing software programs, web-based interactive tools, or database queries as sequence management and analysis needs evolve.
• Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
• Develop or maintain applications that process biologically based data into searchable databases for purposes of analysis, calculation, or presentation.
• Enter or retrieve information from structural databases, protein sequence motif databases, mutation databases, genomic databases or gene expression databases.
• Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.
• Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
• Write computer programs or scripts to be used in querying databases.
• Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.
• Create data management or error-checking procedures and user manuals.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Bioinformatics Technicians.

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Bioinformatics Technicians.