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Laboratory technician CV example

A laboratory reads a technician’s CV for what you test, the instruments you can run and how carefully you work.

Give your samples and methods, the equipment you calibrate and maintain, how you record and check results, and your apprenticeship or degree. This example is a lab technician applying for a senior technician post.

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Kofi Asante
Laboratory Technician
Sheffield · 07700 900282 · [email protected]

Profile

Laboratory technician with four years in an accredited environmental testing laboratory, after a Laboratory Technician Level 3 apprenticeship. Prepares samples and solutions, runs metals and nutrient analysis on drinking and waste water, and calibrates and maintains the instruments. Looking for a senior technician post and working towards Registered Science Technician.

Experience

Laboratory Technician, Don Valley Analytical, Sheffield 2022–present

Prepare about 250 drinking water and waste water samples a week for metals and nutrient testing.

Make up standards, reagents and calibration solutions, and log each batch for traceability.

Run ICP-MS and discrete analyser batches, checking every run against its quality control samples.

Calibrate, clean and maintain six instruments, and cut ICP-MS downtime from nine days to three a year by planning its servicing.

Enter results in the laboratory information system and prepare the monthly turnaround and failure figures for the lab manager.

Train new starters on the lab’s safety rules, COSHH assessments and waste disposal.

Apprentice Laboratory Technician, Don Valley Analytical, Sheffield 2020–2022

Rotated through sample reception, the metals lab and the microbiology lab, and passed the end-point assessment with distinction.

Qualifications

Laboratory Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, distinction 2022

A levels: Chemistry B, Biology B, Maths C, Hallamshire Sixth Form College, Sheffield 2020

Skills

Sample preparation and solutions

ICP-MS and discrete analysers

Calibration and instrument care

Quality control and traceability

Laboratory information systems and Excel

COSHH and lab safety

Additional information

Available for the lab’s weekend rota one Saturday in four.

Fictional example for a laboratory technician. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What testing, hospital, university and industry labs look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Set up experiments and investigationsRuns ICP-MS and discrete analyser batches
Prepare solutions, cultures and specimensAbout 250 samples a week; standards, reagents and calibration solutions
Analyse samples using scientific instrumentsMetals and nutrients by ICP-MS and discrete analyser
Collect and present data and statisticsResults in the lab system; monthly turnaround and failure figures
Calibrate, clean and maintain equipment, and follow safety rulesSix instruments; downtime cut from nine days to three; trains starters on safety

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a laboratory technician. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Average pay: £24,000 a year for a starter and £31,000 for an experienced laboratory technician, working 37 to 40 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Laboratory technician on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a laboratory technician, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Science
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Analytical thinking
  • Using initiative
  • Working well with others
  • Thinking and reasoning
  • Maths
  • Practical, hands-on work
  • Competent with computers and everyday software
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From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Applied science student finishing a T Level in Science, looking for a first trainee lab assistant post. A 45-day industry placement in a food testing lab, preparing samples and logging results, and two years as a science department helper at school. Careful with measurements, keeps a tidy lab notebook and confident with Excel.
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Inside this example
  • Profile: 50 words here
  • Experience: 129 words here
  • Qualifications: 22 words here
  • Skills: 25 words here
  • Additional information: 10 words here

How to write yours

01

Name your samples and methods

What you test and how, such as water by ICP-MS, tells a lab whether you can start on its bench.

02

List the instruments you run

Give each by its name, and say if you calibrate and maintain it as well as run it.

03

Show how you check your work

Quality control samples, batch logs and traceability show the care a lab depends on.

04

Put your route in

An apprenticeship, college course or degree each count; give the level and the year.

Questions about a laboratory technician CV

Do I need a degree to be a lab technician?

You can do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in a scientific subject, such as biomedical, environmental, forensic or materials science, pharmacy, biology, chemistry or physics, but you can also get in through a college course, an apprenticeship or by applying directly (National Careers Service). Lead with the route you took.

Can I become a lab technician through an apprenticeship?

You could apply for a Laboratory Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship or a Technician Scientist Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship, which can take between 2 and 3 years to complete (National Careers Service). Give the apprenticeship, its level and its result, as this CV does.

Can a college course get me into a lab?

A college course such as applied science, environmental science, chemistry, physics or biology, or the T Level in Science, can help you find a trainee lab assistant position (National Careers Service). Put the course and your grade under Qualifications.

Does school or hospital lab experience count?

You can apply for work as a lab technician if you have experience in a university research lab, a hospital’s clinical laboratory, a manufacturing or industrial research facility, or a school or college science department (National Careers Service). Name the lab and what you did there.

Should I mention Registered Science Technician?

With experience you could become a lab supervisor or lab manager, specialise in complex analysis or apply to become a Registered Science Technician (National Careers Service). If you are working towards registration, say so in your profile.

Minimal and one page: one plain column puts your methods, instruments and checks in reading order, the way a lab manager scans them. For an online form, switch to Plain.

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