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Help with your application & application timescales

Help with your application

An applicant's guide to becoming a Registered Science Technician – for eligibility information and examples of evidence accepted
Science Council's competence standards
How to write examples in competency based application forms
Registered Science Technician application form

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Become an assessor

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