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OSCA 244699Updated 2026-01-29
Life ScientistsNEC
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 234599OSCA 244699
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 99k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1910
Salary range: AUD 89k-AUD 109k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
33.7%
VIC
30.3%
NSW
15.6%
QLD
Education mix
51%
Post graduate
39.8%
bachelor degree
3.2%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Other Life Scientists includes jobs like Anatomist, Animal Behaviourist, Neuroscientist, Parasitologist, Pharmacologist (Non-clinical), Physiologist, and Toxicologist.
What you do
- • Designs and conducts experiments, makes observations and measurements, researches information, analyses data, prepares or supervises the preparation of laboratory reports and scientific papers, presents findings at scientific meetings and conferences, and may supervise the work of staff.
- • Studies the forms and structures of parasites and toxins by systematic observation, dissection and microscopic examination.
- • Investigates the chemical structure and function of living cells and their isolated components, organs and tissues in humans, animals, plants, and micro-organisms.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: post graduate/ graduate diploma or graduate certificate (51%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Designs and conducts experiments, makes observations and measurements, researches information, analyses data, prepares or supervises the preparation of laboratory reports and scientific papers, presents findings at scientific meetings and conferences, and may supervise the work of staff.
- • Examines objects of interest and uses the knowledge gained to create and develop new, and improve existing, products, materials and processes.
- • Investigates the chemical structure and function of living cells and their isolated components, organs and tissues in humans, animals, plants, and micro-organisms.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1910
Annual median: AUD 99k
Range: AUD 89k-AUD 109k