The Technician Commitment is designed to address a current recruitment and retention crisis within the UK technical work force, elicited by poor pay, training, Career progression and general working conditions. This was not always the case, as detailed in an article, "Give Technicians the recognition they deserve".

The machinations of implementing the commitment is predicatedon 4 pillars:

1. Visibility.
2. Recognition.
3. Career Development.
4. Sustainability.

Pillars 1 & 2 are about recognising Technicians for the work that they do, validating their actions via Professional training and awards, e.g., Professional Registration and institute support for achieving & attending conferences and training courses.

Pillars 3 & 4 are about not just facilitating CPD within current job families but affording clear paths to internal promotion and/or equiping technicians to improve their lot by preparing them and supporting them to obtain more senior positions outside.

I have discussed this in detail in my Lab Innovations talk 2019, which is provided as a you tube video in this section and also in numerous blogs, magazine articles and reports, which hightlight the need for and define areas of training that could help, cf.

• The Landscape of Professional Resistration and its impact within the wider Technician Commitment. 
• UK Science Skills: Crisis or Opportunity?.
• Upskilling a Nation.
• Skills, Networking & Training

Concurrent with my mentoring support for Science Council Professional Registration, I also offered analogous support for the Royal Society of Biology specific vocational award, "Chartered Biologist" (CBiol), which in many ways recapitulates "Chartered Scientist" (CSci) but is offered exclusively to scientists practicing in a life sciences discipline

Specifically, both Chartered Scientist & Chartered Biologist mandate practice @ and/or posession of a level #7 Masters degree with a minimum of five years commensurate post graduate experience expereince, with approx two years of Supervisory and/or team leadership provision encapsulated within that time frame.

In addition, as CBiol is framed in a life sciences context and linked to the RSB, full member ship of the RSB (MRSB) is an application pre requisite (equivalent to three years post graduate practice in the field), with an additional 2 years of experience as MRSB.

In my own context, I:

• Assessed Scripts for the RSB for the CBiol award.
• Trained new assessors for the RSB.
• Designed and delivered an on line and on demand course, describing all aspects of obtaining and retaining the award, the application pro forma and the benefits of CBiol.
• I have also published articles, summarising these salient points. See the next session. 

See Home page "Chartered Biologist" for details.    

• For a detailed career history see my ORCID profile.
• A link is provided.

With a long-standing career in life sciences, circa 1985 to 2015, my commitment to technical excellence has always been paramount. I have dedicated myself to rigorous laboratory work and nowto empowering others, through technical education.

My commitment to technical education has been underpinned by a focus on and active mentoring for Science Council Professional Registration. 

Specifically, I served as an Applicant Support Mentor (ASM) for the Science Council, circa 2017 to 2025; A Special Advisor for NTDC (2018-2025) & Assistant Registrar & principal mentor for the IST (2017-2023) and collectively in those three roles I provided in person mentoring at National conferences and on line mentoring for Professional Registration. In addition, I assessed prospective applications for registration for the Science Council, RSB and IST and, regarding, the RSB (in particular) I also provided on line training for Science Council Registration Assessors. All in all, I estimate that I reviewed about 300 scripts during a five year period, when I actively assessed for the these organisations.

Furthermore, I also made available on line registration materials for the Universities of Glasgow, including an archived workshop QUB and Cambridge, respectively. 

In 2025, I was part of a working group for the Science Council, in association with the RSB, RSC and the EPAO, Marshall Assessment, that devised a pilot to look at the feasibility of offering qualified STEM apprentices the possibility of Professional registration in association with their apprentice standard certificate. This was formally implemented by the Science Council in 2025 and is supported by a number of licenced bodies, including the RSB. I was part of the working group, by virtue of holding an apprentice End Point Assessor  (EPA) position with Marshall assessment and have spoken about the fast route to registration (R2R) for the Science Council at numerous outside meetings, including MMU apprentice induction days (circa 2024/2025) and Lab innovations, 2025.

Also in 2025, I designed and produced an on line learning guide for an RSB specific register, cf. Chartered Biologist (CBiol) (commensurate with Chartered Scientist (CSci), but associated exclusively with life scientist professionals who are full members of RSB, cf. MRSB) as well;assessed for this register and took part in “training the trainer” for the RSB. See also the page devoted to Royal Society of Biology commitment activities.

See some testimonials, taken from my linked in profile and a link from this field to all such testimonials.