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See Available Medical Laboratory Technician Schools
Also Called: Medical Technician, Clinical Laboratory Technician
Job Description: Clinical laboratory technicians perform less complex tests and laboratory procedures than their counterparts, clinical laboratory technologists. They usually work under the supervision of medical and clinical laboratory technologists or laboratory managers. Like technologists, they may work in several areas of the clinical laboratory or specialize in just one.
Work Environment: Technicians will find themselves working varying shifts, depending on the size and place of employment. Similarly to medical technologists, medical technicians who work in large hospitals or laboratories that operate around the clock could work days, evenings, or nights, and may find themselves on call some nights and weekends in case there's an emergency or heavy workload. Those in smaller laboratory settings may work varying shifts as well. Laboratories are very clean, well-lit facilities to work in. Technicians will spend most of their days on their feet.
Education and Training Requirements: Technicians mostly have earned either an associate's degree from a community or junior college, or have earned a certificate from a hospital, technical school, or in a branch of the US Armed Forces. Some learn their skills on the job, although a degree or certificate is far more common. Technicians can become technologists through a combination of experience and additional education.
Salary Range: Median annual earnings of medical and clinical laboratory technicians were $29,040 in 2002. A representative sample of medical technician’s salaries in different fields is as follows:
- General medical and surgical hospitals: $30,500
- Colleges, universities and professional schools: $30,350
- Offices of physicians: $27,820
- Medical and diagnostic laboratories: $27,550
- Other ambulatory healthcare services: $26,710
Job Outlook: Excellent. Like medical technologists, technicians have a very bright future because the number of job openings is expected to continue to exceed the number of job seekers. The volume of laboratory tests continues to increase, due to both population growth and the development of new types of tests, and laboratory technicians and technologists will continue to be in demand.
Arizona
California
Everest College
(City of Industry) - Medical Laboratory Assistant/Phlebotomist
Clarita Career College
(Canyon Country, Lancaster) - Medical Laboratory Assistant
Institute for Business and Technology
(Santa Clara) - Lab Assistant, EKG Technician/Phlebotomist, Massage Therapy, Medical Assistant, Medical Biller/Coder/Office Specialist
National Career Education
(Citrus Heights) - Lab Assistant, EKG Tech/Phlebotomist, Medical Assistant, Medical Biller/Coder/Office Assistant, Optical/Optometric Assistant
Florida
Keiser University
(Ft.Lauderdale) - Medical Laboratory Technician, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Health Services Administration, Massage Therapy, Medical Assisting, Radiology, Ultrasound Technologist, Health Services Administration
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Sanford-Brown Institute
(Houston) - Medical Laboratory Technician, Medical Assistant, Coding & Billing
Washington
Everest College
(Renton) - Medical Laboratory Assistant/Phlebotomist, Medical Assisting, Medical Billing, Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Laboratory Assistant
Ontario
Everest College (Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton Mountain, Kitchener, Mississauga, Ottawa West (Nepean), Ottawa East, Scarborough, Sudbury, Toronto South, Windsor) - Medical Laboratory Assistant
Manitoba
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