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Food Scientist and Technologist

What a Food Scientist and Technologist does is study the basic elements of food. They make sure food is safe and nutritious.

A Bachelor's degree is the least that is needed or a science or engineering major. They also need a high school diploma or an associate's degree in biology. They need lots of different types of education but those are some of the most common ones. Some additional courses that you could take are botany, chemistry, and principles of statistical analysis. The average number of hours people spend at work per week is 35 to 40 hours. They get paid around $35.52per hour and per year around $80,130. The amount of vacation time they get depends on their salary. Some skills that your might already have that would be helpful are mathematical skills, critical thinking, and data analysis.

Some perks that there are to having this job are paid holidays, paid vacations, pension plans, and health insurance. Some positives that this job has are new food products, a safer food chain, and breakthroughs in nutrition. Some negatives that it has are you are exposed to biohazards, unpleasant conditions at fams, and you have to learn a lot of math and science that not everyone can complete. The people that work there work in laboratories, outside in a field, or in their offices. They also mostly work in groups. This career will be needed now and in the future because we need to make sure all the food we eat is safe.