Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
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.
Also Called: Certified Clinical Laboratory TechnicianClinical 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
Resource Details
Abilities
| Name | description |
|---|---|
| Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 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). |
| Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 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. |
| Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 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. |
| Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
| 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. |
| Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
