How do I become a Genetics Laboratory Technician?
Generally a college degree with a major in biology or chemistry is required to obtain a laboratory technician job and most any four-year institution would be appropriate, as long as they have majors in biology or chemistry. As for finding a position, look at the research institutions and also the hospitals with research departments. For instance, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine has a good research department. Also, genetics covers a wide field, so you can be in microbiology and do genetics research or study mice and do mouse genetics, or study flies and do Drosophila genetics, etc. If you are referring to a medical genetics laboratory position, then the above still applies in terms of education, but you will want to apply for positions in hospitals, rather than the research arm of the institutions. Also, there may be some specialty programs that focus on medical/human genetics that you may want to apply to for college.
