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2.9 KiB

Competences — anatomical pathology technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4a5b3686-eea4-4ba0-b446-33f7b6a95aed).

Essential

  • accept own accountability (skill/competence)
  • adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
  • apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
  • assist with reconstructing the body after autopsy (skill/competence)
  • carry out an autopsy (skill/competence)
  • communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
  • comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
  • conduct visits to the postmortem room (skill/competence)
  • cope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facility (skill/competence)
  • follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
  • follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health (skill/competence)
  • health care occupation-specific ethics (knowledge)
  • human anatomy (knowledge)
  • human physiology (knowledge)
  • hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
  • infection control (knowledge)
  • legal requirements related to mortuary services (knowledge)
  • manage infection control in the facility (skill/competence)
  • medical informatics (knowledge)
  • microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
  • observe confidentiality (skill/competence)
  • pathological anatomy (knowledge)
  • pathology (knowledge)
  • perform mortuary facility administration (skill/competence)
  • perform pathology consultations (skill/competence)
  • provide information on mortuary services (skill/competence)
  • select hazard control (skill/competence)
  • sterilization techniques (knowledge)
  • take samples during autopsy (skill/competence)
  • work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
  • work with authorities related to mortuary services (skill/competence)

Optional

  • communicate in foreign languages with health service providers (skill/competence)
  • conduct routine blood testing (skill/competence)
  • dispose medical waste (skill/competence)
  • first aid (knowledge)
  • forensic pathology (knowledge)
  • medical terminology (knowledge)
  • osteology (knowledge)
  • perform forensic examinations (skill/competence)
  • perform PCR covid test (skill/competence)
  • perform virological test (skill/competence)
  • toxicology (knowledge)
  • train employees (skill/competence)
  • use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
  • use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
  • work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 65 ads, as of 2026-07-08)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • specimen accessioning — 22 %