This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons webinar 'The Technician Commitment: Championing technical skills, roles and careers'. This webinar took place on 12 February 2026.

Webinar description

The Technician Commitment is an internationally recognised higher education and research sector initiative that is driving culture change for the technical community. Multiple Australian organisations are signatories demonstrating their commitment to ensuring visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.

Associate Lead, Dr Simon Breeden joins us to discuss the background, development and impact of the Commitment across 4 key areas – Visibility, Recognition, Career Development, and Sustainability.

Speaker: Dr Simon Breeden, Technician Commitment

Host: Dr Melissa Burke, Australian BioCommons

Training materials

Materials are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International agreement unless otherwise specified and were current at the time of the event.

Files and materials included in this record:

• Event metadata (PDF): Information about the event including, description, event URL, learning objectives, prerequisites, technical requirements etc.

• SWB BioCommons - Australia (11-02-26) (PDF): Slides presented during the webinar.

• Technician Commitment Webinar Q&A (PDF): Answers to questions submitted during the webinar that Dr Simon Breeden has provided written responses to.

Materials shared elsewhere:

A recording of this webinar is available on the Australian BioCommons YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/LCmIH88JwC8