Food Science Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 44.07%
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 24.01%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 12.06%
- Some College Courses = 10.11%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 8.14%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 1.21%
- Master's Degree = 0.41%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 35.36%
- None = 23.44%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.90%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.12%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.29%
- Up to and including 1 month = 5.59%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 4.49%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.80%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 38.61%
- Up to and including 1 month = 30.59%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 11.75%
- None = 7.57%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 7.53%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.09%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.39%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.48%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 53.07%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 19.66%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 13.29%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.51%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.53%
- None or short demonstration = 3.94%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
