Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians

Also called: Clinical Lab Tech (Clinical Laboratory Technician), Lab Tech (Laboratory Technician), Medical Technician (Medical Tech)

Career Cluster: Health Science
What they do:
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
On the job, you would:
  • Perform quality control analyses to ensure accuracy of test results.
  • Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.
  • 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.
Knowledge icon KNOWLEDGE

Health
  • medicine and dentistry
Math and Science
  • chemistry
  • biology
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Skills Image SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • reading work related information
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilities Image ABILITIES

Visual Understanding
  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Hand and Finger Use
  • put together small parts with your fingers
  • keep your arm or hand steady
Ideas and Logic
  • order or arrange things
  • notice when problems happen
Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written
Personality Image PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Cautiousness
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Achievement Orientation
Technology Image TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook
Medical software
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • MEDITECH software
Word processing software
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word
Education Image EDUCATION

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Associate's degree or other 2-year degree or Bachelor's degree
usually needed
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Job Outlook Image JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $100,990.00
Median: $62,930.00
Low: $38,910.00
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