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Competences — medical laboratory assistant
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0044c991-c26f-4261-a213-4bd1c0564a4c).
Essential
- apply safety procedures in laboratory (skill/competence)
- archive healthcare users' records (skill/competence)
- automated analysers in the medical laboratory (knowledge)
- blood type classification (knowledge)
- calibrate laboratory equipment (skill/competence)
- check the received biological samples (skill/competence)
- communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
- conduct routine blood testing (skill/competence)
- examine cell specimens microscopically (skill/competence)
- identify patients' medical records (skill/competence)
- label blood samples (skill/competence)
- laboratory techniques (knowledge)
- maintain laboratory equipment (skill/competence)
- maintain medical laboratory equipment (skill/competence)
- microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
- mix chemicals (skill/competence)
- operate scientific measuring equipment (skill/competence)
- perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis (skill/competence)
- perform laboratory tests (skill/competence)
- perform sample testing (skill/competence)
- prepare samples for testing (skill/competence)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- send samples to laboratory (skill/competence)
- techniques of blood-sampling (knowledge)
- test chemical samples (skill/competence)
- transport blood samples (skill/competence)
- use chemical analysis equipment (skill/competence)
- wear appropriate protective gear (skill/competence)
- work safely with chemicals (skill/competence)
Optional
- analyse blood samples (skill/competence)
- analyse cell cultures (skill/competence)
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation (skill/competence)
- biological chemistry (knowledge)
- blood collection on babies (knowledge)
- blood donation (knowledge)
- blood transfusion (knowledge)
- carry out flow cytometry (skill/competence)
- carry out quality control in microbiology laboratories (skill/competence)
- clinical biochemistry (knowledge)
- clinical cytology (knowledge)
- collect biological samples from patients (skill/competence)
- conduct cancer screening tests (skill/competence)
- cryopreservation (knowledge)
- data protection (knowledge)
- densiometry (knowledge)
- dermapathology (knowledge)
- dispose medical waste (skill/competence)
- electroencephalography (knowledge)
- examine samples in dermatology (skill/competence)
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients (skill/competence)
- fine-needle aspiration (knowledge)
- histopathology (knowledge)
- immunology (knowledge)
- interpret hematological test results (skill/competence)
- interpret medical results (skill/competence)
- interpret urology diagnostic tests (skill/competence)
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality (skill/competence)
- microscopic techniques (knowledge)
- monitor stock level (skill/competence)
- order supplies (skill/competence)
- paediatric phlebotomy procedures (knowledge)
- perform bone marrow transplant (skill/competence)
- perform fertility laboratory procedures (skill/competence)
- perform PCR covid test (skill/competence)
- perform reconstructive microsurgery (skill/competence)
- perform stem cell transplantation (skill/competence)
- stem cells (knowledge)
- sterilise medical equipment (skill/competence)
- tissue cytogenetics (knowledge)
- urolithiasis in the urinary tract (knowledge)
- virology (knowledge)
- work with chemicals (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 33 ads, as of 2026-07-17)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- specimen processing — 61 %
- data entry — 52 %
- laboratory testing — 24 %
- quality assurance — 24 %
Responsibilities
- customer inquiry response — 24 %
- specimen labeling — 21 %
- specimen distribution — 18 %