Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
Tasks Include:
- Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood or urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases and enter findings into computer.
- Analyze the results of tests or experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical or electrical devices.
- Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
- Supervise or instruct other technicians or laboratory assistants.
- Prepare standard volumetric solutions or reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
- Set up, maintain, calibrate, clean, and test sterility of medical laboratory equipment.
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Bachelor's Degree
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Description
| Career Cluster: | Health Science
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Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 45.93%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 30.90%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 10.47%
- Master's Degree = 6.80%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 4.24%
- Some College Courses = 0.91%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 0.44%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 0.31%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 26.38%
- None = 24.19%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 15.18%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.92%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.01%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4.04%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.92%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.34%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 31.22%
- Up to and including 1 month = 20.10%
- None = 17.33%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 16.20%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.04%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.79%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.31%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 33.47%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 25.21%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 19.09%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.58%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 8.65%
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood or urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases and enter findings into computer.
- Analyze the results of tests or experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical or electrical devices.
- Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
- Supervise or instruct other technicians or laboratory assistants.
- Prepare standard volumetric solutions or reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
- Set up, maintain, calibrate, clean, and test sterility of medical laboratory equipment.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Analyze and record test data to issue reports that use charts, graphs, or narratives.
- Perform medical research to further control or cure disease.
- Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.
- Obtain specimens, cultivating, isolating, and identifying microorganisms for analysis.
- Examine cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities.
- Consult with a pathologist to determine a final diagnosis when abnormal cells are found.
- Test raw materials, processes, or finished products to determine quality or quantity of materials or characteristics of a substance.
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Hypodermic needles (22-gauge needles)
- Hematology analyzers (5-part differential automated hematology analyzers)
- Electronic multichannel pipetters (8 and 12 channel pipettes)
- Blood bank analyzers (Agglutination viewers)
- Anaerobic jars or accessories (Anaerobe jars)
- Analytical balances
- Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts (Antigen-coated test plates)
- Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Autoclaves)
- Chemistry analyzers (Automated chemistry analyzers)
- Coagulation analyzers (Automated coagulation analyzers)
- Hematology analyzers (Automated platelet analyzers)
- Chemistry analyzers (Automated/semi-automated dipstick analysis systems)
- Robotic or automated liquid handling systems (Automatic pipetters)
- Bench refractometers or polarimeters (Bench refractometers)
- Specialty plates for bacteria (Blood agar plates)
- Blood collection needles
- Blood collection syringes
- Shaking incubators (Blood culture incubators)
- Butterfly needles
- Anaerobic jars or accessories (Candle jars)
- Capillary or hematocrit tubes (Capillary sticks)
- Capillary or hematocrit tubes (Capillary tubes)
- Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters (Cell counters)
- Blood bank cell washers (Cell washers)
- Benchtop centrifuges (Centrifuges)
- Chemistry analyzers
- Chromatographic detectors (Chromatographs)
- Coagulation analyzers
- Phlebotomy trays or accessories (Collection tube holders/adapters)
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Compound microscopes)
- Desktop computers
- Hematology analyzers (Differential hematology analyzers with laser technology)
- Laboratory diluters (Diluters)
- Dropping pipettes
- Laboratory mixers (Electrical mixers)
- Electrolyte analyzers
- Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers (Evacuated blood collection tubes)
- Microbiology analyzers (Flow cytometers)
- Fluorescent microscopes (Fluorescence microscopes)
- Microscope slides (Glass slides)
- Glucose monitors or meters (Glucose monitoring systems)
- Hemacytometer sets (Hemacytometers)
- Hematology analyzers
- Hematology analyzers (Hematology task-targeted automation TTA systems)
- Chemistry analyzers (Heterologous test systems)
- Chemistry analyzers (Homologous test systems)
- Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators (Incubators)
- Compact disc CD or labeling printers (Label printers)
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laminar flow cabinets or stations (Laminar flow hoods)
- Laser printers
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Light microscopes)
- Microcentrifuges (Microhematocrits)
- Micrometers
- Multiwell plates (Microtiter plates)
- Blood collection needle holders (Needle holders)
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Petri plates or dishes (Petri dishes)
- pH meters
- Extracting equipment for laboratories (Plasma extractors)
- Warming cabinets (Plasma thawers)
- Microplate washers (Plate washers)
- Platelet mixers (Platelet rockers)
- Coagulation analyzers (Portable coagulation analyzers)
- Liquid scintillation counters (Scintillation counters)
- Hematology analyzers (Semiautomated hematology analyzers)
- Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts (Sensitivity plates)
- Immunology or serology test kits or supplies (Serological kits)
- Tube rotators (Serology tube rotators)
- Manual single channel air displacement pipetters (Single-channel pipettes)
- Spectrometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Lancets (Sterile blood lancets)
- Multipurpose or general test tubes (Sterile transfer tubes)
- Surgical sterile instrument brushes or instrument stylets or instrument wipes (Stylets)
- Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers (Thermal cyclers)
- Histology tissue cassettes (Tissue cassettes)
- Tissue embedding stations (Tissue embedding equipment)
- Tourniquets
- Triple beam balances
- Ultracentrifuges
- Phlebotomy trays or accessories (Unopettes)
- Urinalysis analyzers (Urinometers)
- Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers (Vacutainer tubes)
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- Billing software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Medical software
- Commercial plate reader software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Hematology laboratory workflow management software
- Laboratory information system LIS software
- Medical digital imaging software
- Medical software
- Medical system integration software
- Microscopic image capturing software
- Quality control software
- Reimbursement screening software
- Specimen tracking software
- Test result delivery software
- Test routing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Knowledge
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 68.25 | Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
| 68.25 | Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
| 64.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
| 62.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
| 62.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
| 61.00 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
| 58.50 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
| 56.75 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
| 49.50 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Skills
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 72.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| 62.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| 59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| 59.50 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| 56.25 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
| 53.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| 53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| 53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| 53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
| 53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| 53.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
| 53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| 50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| 50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| 50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| 50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
| 50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Abilities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 72.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
| 72.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 72.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
| 68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 65.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
| 65.50 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
| 53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
| 53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
| 53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
| 53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| 53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| 53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| 53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| 53.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
| 53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
| 53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
| 53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
| 50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| 50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
| 50.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
| 50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Work Activities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 88.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| 86.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| 85.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| 84.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| 83.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| 81.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| 81.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| 78.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| 76.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
| 73.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| 71.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| 67.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
| 65.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| 65.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
| 63.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| 63.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| 61.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
| 56.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
| 54.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
| 54.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
| 52.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
| 52.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
| 51.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
| 51.25 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Work Styles
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 97.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| 94.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| 90.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| 87.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| 85.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| 85.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| 79.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| 79.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| 79.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| 78.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
| 75.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
| 73.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
| 70.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
| 64.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
| 56.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
| 52.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Work Values
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
| 55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Work Context
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 98.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
| 98.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
| 97.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
| 94.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
| 92.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
| 88.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
| 86.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
| 84.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
| 83.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
| 81.40 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
| 78.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
| 77.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
| 77.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
| 75.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
| 75.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
| 75.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
| 74.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
| 72.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
| 71.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
| 71.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
| 69.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
| 68.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
| 67.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
| 65.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
| 62.80 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
| 62.40 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
| 61.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
| 60.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
| 58.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
| 57.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
| 57.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
| 56.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
| 54.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
| 52.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Biomedical Laboratory Services
- Medical Care and Treatment, General
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Biotechnician
- Blood and Plasma Laboratory Assistant
- Blood Bank Laboratory Technician
- Blood or Blood Bank Technician
- Blood Typer
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Clinical Research Assistant
- Cytogenetic Technician
- Cytotechnologist
- Hematology Technician
- Hemodialysis Technician
- Histologic Aide
- Histologic Technician
- Histology Technician
- Histopathology Technician
- Histotechnician
- Laboratory Assistant (Lab Assistant)
- Laboratory Associate (Lab Associate)
- Laboratory Supervisor
- Laboratory Technician
- Laboratory Worker
- Medical Lab Assistant
- Medical Laboratory Assistant
- Medical Laboratory Technician (Medical Lab Tech)
- Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)
- Medical Laboratory Technologist
- Medical Numerical Control Operator
- Medical Technologist
- Microbiology Technician
- Neurology Technician
- Non-Registered Technician
- Pathological Technician
- Pathologist Assistant
- Pathology Technician
- Pharmaceutical Laboratory Technician
- Phlebotomist
- Serology Technician
- Sleep Technician
- Specimen Processor
- Tissue Technician
- Toxicology Laboratory Technician
- Vascular Technician
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Related Schools
- American National University
- Central Virginia Community College
- Danville Community College
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Laurel Ridge Community College
- Mountain Empire Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Old Dominion University
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Piedmont Virginia Community College
- Rappahannock Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College
- Virginia Western Community College
- Wytheville Community College
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)