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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
$57.38K Median Salary 12.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 14% Job Growth
About This Career
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
Reported Job Titles
Certified Clinical Laboratory Technician, Clinical Laboratory Technician (Clinical Lab Technician), Laboratory Assistant (Lab Assistant), Laboratory Technician (Lab Tech), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Medical Laboratory Technicians (Medical Lab Technician), Medical Technician
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Near Vision
Information Ordering
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Oral Comprehension
Finger Dexterity
Written Comprehension
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Category Flexibility
Control Precision
Deductive Reasoning
Flexibility of Closure
Manual Dexterity
Selective Attention
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Visual Color Discrimination
Written Expression
Inductive Reasoning
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Perceptual Speed
Knowledge
Biology
Chemistry
English Language
Mathematics
Customer and Personal Service
Public Safety and Security
Administrative
Medicine and Dentistry
Education and Training
Skills
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Science
Complex Problem Solving
Instructing
Monitoring
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Time Management
Writing
Active Learning
Coordination
Judgment and Decision Making
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Technology Skills
Electronic mail software
Word processing software
Medical software
Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
Accounting software
Development environment software
Computer based training software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Office suite software
Analytical or scientific software
Presentation software
Tools
Hematology analyzers
Chemistry analyzers
Anaerobic jars or accessories
Phlebotomy trays or accessories
Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
Capillary or hematocrit tubes
Coagulation analyzers
Histology tissue cassettes
Petri plates or dishes
Glucose monitors or meters
Liquid scintillation counters
Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
Microscope slides
Multipurpose or general test tubes
Chromatographic detectors
Laboratory mixers
Tissue embedding stations
Microcentrifuges
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
Microbiology analyzers
Multiwell plates
Lancets
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Laboratory diluters
Bench refractometers or polarimeters
Dry baths or heating blocks
Fluorescent microscopes
Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
Gas chromatographs
Blood bank analyzers
Benchtop centrifuges
Compact disc CD or labeling printers
Laboratory chillers
Hypodermic needle
Manual single channel air displacement pipetters
Hemacytometer sets
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
Shaking incubators
Tube rotators
Extracting equipment for laboratories
Immunology or serology test kits or supplies
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Microplate washers
Warming cabinets
Specialty plates for bacteria
Surgical instrument brushes or instrument stylets or instrument wipes
Urinalysis analyzers
Winged infusion needle set
Blood bank cell washers
Electronic multichannel pipetters
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Platelet mixers
Colorimeters
Blood collection needle holders
Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
Binocular light compound microscopes
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Micrometers
Blood collection needles
Triple beam balances
Spectrometers
Notebook computers
pH meters
Dropping pipettes
Tourniquets
Laser printers
Spectrophotometers
Blood collection syringes
Desktop computers
Ultracentrifuges
Analytical balances
Electrolyte analyzers
Personal computers
