The field of biotechnology emerged in 1972, when scientists created a modified DNA molecule by recombining DNA from two different organisms. In 1982, a biotech company named Genetech began selling the first biotech drug, human insulin. This marked the beginning of the modern use of biotechnology to manufacture products. (Biotechnology concepts such as fermentation have been used for thousands of years to make beer, wine, cheese, and other products.) Companies now produce a vast array of products using biotechnology—from medicines that help people with cancer, heart disease, and other diseases, to biofuels, to bioremediation, to forensic investigations, to a variety of industrial applications. Biotechnology production professionals are the line workers who help turn the groundbreaking ideas of scientists and engineers into actual products that can be used to better society.
- 3-D Printing Specialists
- Advanced Manufacturing Engineers
- Advanced Manufacturing Technicians
- Agricultural Scientists
- Animal Behaviorists
- Animal Breeders and Technicians
- Apparel Industry Workers
- Aquaculturists
- Arborists
- Astrobiologists
- Automation Engineers
- Automotive Industry Workers
- Bindery Workers
- Biochemical Engineers
- Biochemists
- Bioenergy/Biofuels Workers
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Biofuels Production Managers
- Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
- Bioinformatics Specialists
- Biologists
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Biomedical Engineers
- Biomedical Equipment Technicians
- Biophysicists
- Biosecurity Monitors
- Biotechnology Patent Lawyers
- Biotechnology Research Assistants
- Boilermakers and Mechanics
- Botanists
- Business Managers
- Buyers
- Ceramics Engineers
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- Chief Robotics Officer
- Climate Scientists
- Clinical Applications Specialists
- Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Continuous Improvement Managers
- Coremakers
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Cost Estimators
- CRISPR Scientists
- Cytogenetic Technologists
- Cytotechnologists
- Drafters
- Drone Manufacturing Workers
- Drug Developers
- Electrical Engineering Technologists
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineering Technicians
- Electronics Engineers
- Electroplating Workers
- Engineering Technicians
- Engineers
- Environmental Scientists
- Epidemiologists
- Epigenetics Researchers
- Ethical Sourcing Officer
- Forge Shop Workers
- Furniture Designers
- Furniture Manufacturing Workers
- Futurists
- Genetic Counselors
- Genetic Engineers
- Genetic Genealogists
- Genetic Scientists
- Glass Manufacturing Workers
- Green Products Manufacturers
- Health Data Analysts
- Heat Treaters
- Industrial Chemicals Workers
- Industrial Designers
- Industrial Ecologists
- Industrial Engineering Technicians
- Industrial Engineers
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Industrial Radiographers
- Industrial Safety and Health Technicians
- Industrial Traffic Managers
- Instrumentation Technicians
- Internet of Things Developers
- Job and Die Setters
- Laboratory Technicians and Technologists
- Laboratory Testing Technicians
- Laser Technicians
- Layout Workers
- Leather Tanning and Finishing Workers
- Logging Industry Workers
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Manufacturing Engineering Technologists
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Manufacturing Production Technicians
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Marine Biologists
- Materials Engineers
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Mechanical Engineers
- Medical Scientists
- Metallurgical Engineers
- Metallurgical Technicians
- Microbiologists
- Microelectronics Technicians
- Millwrights
- Molders
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Naturalists
- Neuroscientists
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Nuclear Medicine Physicians
- Numerical Control Tool Programmers
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Optical Engineers
- Optics Technicians
- Packaging Engineers
- Packaging Machinery Technicians
- Paper Processing Workers
- Pathologists
- Pharmaceutical Industry Workers
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacologists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Physicians
- Plastics Products Manufacturing Workers
- Precision Machinists
- Precision Metalworkers
- Prepress Workers
- Preventive Medicine Physicians
- Product Designers
- Product Development Directors
- Product Management Directors
- Product Managers
- Purchasing Agents
- Quality Control Engineers
- Quality Control Technicians
- Radio Frequency Engineers
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Robotics Engineers
- Robotics Integrators
- Robotics Technicians
- Rubber Goods Production Workers
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives
- Semiconductor Technicians
- Senior Care Pharmacists
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Silverware Artisans and Workers
- Sporting Goods Production Workers
- Steel Industry Workers
- Supply Chain Managers
- Textile Manufacturing Workers
- Tobacco Products Industry Workers
- Toxicologists
- Toy Industry Workers
- Traffic Managers
- Truck Dispatchers
- Veterinarians
- Welders and Welding Technicians
- Wind Energy Operations Managers
- Wood Science and Technology Workers
- Zoologists