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Skills Profiles

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As Canada's bio-economy matures and moves more into the commercialization stage new positions and skills are required. For Canada's bio-economy potential to be fully realized it is important the human resource requirements are fully understood and supported. Biotechnology’s fusion of science and business creates unique requirements for occupations in the sector. Executives and managers must have technical expertise; technical staff often need entrepreneurial skill sets. Finding people with the full package for a specific position can be challenging for employers. For these reasons, occupational descriptions from other sources don’t exactly fit the bio-economy context.

 

Participate in Skills Profiles Focus Groups

Right now, we need biotechnology leaders like you to validate 17 new profiles that we've developed with industry - making sure they accurately reflect real-world requirements. Take part in our focus groups and:

  • Help define Canadian biotechnology functions.
  • Network with other industry stakeholders.
  • Discover how skills profiles can benefit your organization.
  • Contribute to solving the country's bio-economy HR challenges.
  • Furthering government understanding of the distinctness, from other sectors, of these positions; so as to assist with immigration, labour market analysis and development of learning programs. 
  • Helping influence changes to academic institution's programs.

Stage 1: Industry Consultation

Working Groups – Fall 2009 in Ottawa (completed)

Thank you to everyone who participated, your input has been greatly appreciated.

Stage 2: Validation

Focus Groups - Fall 2010

We need biotechnology leaders to validate 17 new skills profiles that we’ve developed with industry—making sure they accurately reflect real-world requirements. During these one day focus groups we will discuss and gather industry feedback on the draft profiles created from the working groups.

 

Animal Care Manager

  • Charlottetown - Sept. 14
  • Guelph - Oct. 26
  • Saskatoon - Nov. 2

Quality Assurance Manager

  • Saskatoon - Sept. 8
  • Guelph - Sept. 28
  • Charlottetown - Oct. 13

Biofuels Plant Manager

  • Charlottetown - Sept. 15
  • Guelph - Oct. 27
  • Saskatoon - Nov. 3

Bioinformatician

  • Saskatoon - Sept. 9 (cancelled)
  • Guelph - Sept. 29
  • Charlottetown - Oct. 14

Contract Manufacturing Project Manager

  • Charlottetown - Sept. 16
  • Guelph - Oct. 28
  • Saskatoon - Nov. 4

Clinical Research Data Manager

  • Saskatoon - Sept. 10 (cancelled)
  • Guelph - Sept. 30
  • Charlottetown - Oct. 15

 

Pre-Clinical/Clinical or Field Trials Occupations: (Ottawa)

  • Trial Manager - Nov. 8
  • VP, Research and Development - Nov. 9
  • Research Scientist - Nov 10
  • Research Assistant - Nov. 16
  • Research Manager/Director - Nov. 17
  • Research Associate - Nov. 18

Scientific Writer - Nov. 15, Ottawa

Pharmacologist - Nov. 22, Ottawa

Biostatistician - Nov. 23, Ottawa 

Development Project Manager - Nov. 24, Ottawa

Animal Care Technician - Nov. 25, Ottawa

 

Online Validation - Fall 2010

If you are unable to attend a focus group and would still like to contribute, you can participate via our online validation process. Please click the links below to access the online surveys. For the other occupations, please stay tuned for more details.

Animal Care Manager

Quality Assurance Manager

BioFuels Plant Manager

Bioinformatician

Contract Manufacturing Project Manager

Clinical Research Data Manager

For any questions or to participate, please contact profiles@biotalent.ca

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Bio-economy Skills Profiles -Created for the real world

BioTalent Canada’s practical Bio-economy Skills Profiles provide valuable information for employers, educators, job seekers and students. They summarize the high-level skills required for each occupational profile and itemize in detail the common tasks associated with the functions. Because the profiles are comprehensive, not every skill may be required for a single position: instead, the profiles present the full sets of skills that could be expected of a person in a given role within companies of various stages of development.

In partnership with industry stakeholders, BioTalent Canada has initially developed skills profiles specific to key roles in the biotechnology sector:

Complete Skills Profiles

Skills Profiles Summaries 
These include a quick-reference checklist that summarizes the core skills required for the position and the common tasks associated with each function.

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How to use the profiles

  • Employers can use the profiles to develop job descriptions, performance evaluations, professional development, succession planning, team building, target skills needed, and recruitment plans. 
  • Job seekers can use them to tailor their resumes, prepare for interviews, see job descriptions and identify additional professional development needs. 
  • Educators can build industry-oriented curricula from the profiles to produce job-ready graduates. 
  • Students can enhance their understanding of employers’ expectations and choose the right educational programs to equip themselves with the skills for success.

Stay tuned for updates to the BioTalent HR Tool Kit for specific details on how to use these Bio-economy Skills Profiles in your organization.

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This project is funded by the Government of Canada's 
Sector Council Program. 

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