Occupation Atlasanatomical pathology technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4a5b3686-eea4-4ba0-b446-33f7b6a95aed
anatomical pathology technician
Anatomical pathology technicians assist specialised doctors in pathology in conducting post-mortem examinations, keeping records of the samples, specimens, organs and the respective findings and taking care of their appropriate disposal under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.01
- I Investigative5.89
- C Conventional4.85
- S Social2.88
- A Artistic1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians (29-2012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (32)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- assist with reconstructing the body after autopsy
- carry out an autopsy
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct visits to the postmortem room
- cope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facility
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- infection control
- legal requirements related to mortuary services
- manage infection control in the facility
- medical informatics
- microbiology-bacteriology
- observe confidentiality
- pathological anatomy
- pathology
- perform mortuary facility administration
- perform pathology consultations
- provide information on mortuary services
- select hazard control
- sterilization techniques
- take samples during autopsy
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- work with authorities related to mortuary services
Optional (15)
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- conduct routine blood testing
- dispose medical waste
- first aid
- forensic pathology
- medical terminology
- osteology
- perform PCR covid test
- perform forensic examinations
- perform virological test
- toxicology
- train employees
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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