scientific laboratory technician
Scientific laboratory technicians carry out laboratory-based research, analysis and testing and support life science professionals. They sample, test, measure, research and analyse in areas such as biology, biotechnology, environmental science, forensic science and pharmacology. Scientific laboratory technicians also observe and monitor laboratory activities, record test sequences and analyse the results.
Also called: lab assistant, laboratory technology specialist, chemistry laboratory assistant, laboratory assistant, laboratory research assistant, laboratory technologist, laboratory technology expert
- 16
- essential skills
- 66
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3141
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
16- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- cryopreservation
- laboratory techniques
- maintain laboratory equipment
- mix chemicals
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform laboratory tests
- perform sample testing
- prepare samples for testing
- record test data
- stem cells
- test chemical samples
- use chemical analysis equipment
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work safely with chemicals
Optional skills
66- analyse blood samples
- analyse cell cultures
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- analyse test data
- answer patients' questions
- archive healthcare users' records
- archive scientific documentation
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- assist scientific research
- automated analysers in the medical laboratory
- biological chemistry
- biology
- blood collection on babies
- blood donation
- blood transfusion
- blood type classification
- carry out quality control in microbiology laboratories
- check material resources
- check the received biological samples
- chemistry
- clinical biochemistry
- clinical cytology
- collect biological samples from patients
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate in healthcare
- conduct routine blood testing
- data protection
- develop scientific research protocols
- dispose medical waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- examine cell specimens microscopically
- examine samples in dermatology
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- fine-needle aspiration
- histopathology
- identify patients' medical records
- immunology
- interpret electromyograms
- interpret hematological test results
- interpret medical results
- label blood samples
- label samples
- life sciences
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- maintain medical laboratory equipment
- manage chemical processes inspection
- manage chemical testing procedures
- manage supplies
- mathematics
- microbiology-bacteriology
- microscopic techniques
- monitor stock level
- order supplies
- paediatric phlebotomy procedures
- perform bone marrow transplant
- perform PCR covid test
- physics
- report test findings
- send samples to laboratory
- sterilise medical equipment
- techniques of blood-sampling
- transport blood samples
- virology
- work with chemicals
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