What would you do as a Natural sciences manager?
Natural sciences managers
- usually work regular business hours but may work extra hours
- usually work at laboratories, universities and science research facilities
- need to be accurate, lead others and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- manage research projects for organisations
- lead and support research teams
- manage staff performance
- hire and train science workers
- plan and improve research methods
- analyse data to make decisions
- create and update research plans
- write reports on research progress
- work with other science groups
- organise research tools and supplies
How can you become a Natural sciences manager?
You need experience and a qualification to become a natural sciences manager.
You need
- experience in similar work
- a relevant tertiary qualification in biological sciences, physics and astronomy studies, chemical sciences, mathematical sciences, earth sciences or similar area
If you're in school
You need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
