Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Bright Outlook
Career outlook for
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
What's it like?
Perform complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May train or supervise staff.
Working conditions
Tasks
- Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, or spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal or abnormal components.
- Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results.
- Operate, calibrate, or maintain equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, or computer-controlled analyzers.
Top Skills
- Reading Comprehension.
- Active Listening.
- Critical Thinking.
- Science.
- Operation Monitoring.
- Speaking.
- Active Learning.
- Monitoring.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Quality Control Analysis.
- Writing.
- Instructing.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Time Management.
- Mathematics.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Coordination.
- Orientation.
- Learning Strategies.
- Persuasion.