BactoBox® skill levels

Understand BactoBox skill levels and find the pages that take you up to each one.

Pages across the help center carry a skill level, so you know what a task expects of you before you start. The levels build on each other, from anyone-can-do-it all the way towards a custom solution.

Each level builds on the one before it.

You reach a level by working through the pages of the level below it. Each level lists what to work through to get there.

No skill requirement

Everyone starts here. Out of the box, anyone can begin, with no prior microbiology or instrument experience. You follow step-by-step guides using the supplied items and a couple of common lab tools.

Beginner

You are a beginner once you have set up and qualified your BactoBox®. You know the device and can run the QC test and routine maintenance on your own.

Reach beginner by completing Getting started:

BactoBox® first steps

Intermediate

You can measure on real bacterial cells. You prepare a bacterial suspension, dilute it to the working range, and get a trustworthy BactoBox® measurement.

Reach intermediate by working through the two tutorials in Measure on cells:

Do a simple measurementMeasure a dense culture

Advanced

The advanced level is reserved for custom solution users.

This is an advanced feature. We only support advanced features through a custom solution. Contact SBT for details.

The advanced skill level is not the same as an advanced feature. See What requires a custom solution for the difference, and What is a custom solution? for how we support both.