The New Core Skill Standards for Bioscience Technicians: Making them Work for Us

This webinar discusses updated core skill standards for bioscience technicians as of 2017. This resource was presented by members of the following Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Centers: Bio-Link, AC2 Bio-Link, and the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2). The core skill standards were updated to address the following:

• Tremendous diversity for entry level technician positions
  •  Define skills and knowledge necessary for entry level positions
  •  Students know and can articulate what they know
  •  Industry recognizes what students know
  •  Provide a framework for developing curriculum and courses
  •  Provides the means for measuring student performance
• Facilitate process to award credit for prior learning
• Possibly develop credential based on the core competencies

Topics covered in the presentation include Reproducibility in Science, the Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant (DOL TAACCT), Core Skill Standards, Critical Work Function, an Example Course, and more. The webinar recording runs 01:19:18 minutes in length and presentation slides are available for download.