| Activities | Perform complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May train or supervise staff. |
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| Outlook | Average job growth |
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| Median Income | $49,700 per year in May 2006 |
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| Work Context & Conditions | Work in well-lit, clean laboratories. They may spend a great deal of time standing and walking. Hospital laboratories may operate continuously, requiring day, evening, weekend, night shift or holiday work. |
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| Minimum Education Requirements | Bachelor's Degree
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| Skills | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Quality Control Analysis, Active Listening, Negotiation, Time Management, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Operation Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science |
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| Abilities | Oral Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning |
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| Interviews | Chris King
Vivian Morales |
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