Occupation Atlasmedical laboratory manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f4de7e28-ca67-46cd-b760-30e02b3aa83b
medical laboratory manager
Medical laboratory managers oversee the daily operations of a medical laboratory. They manage employees and communicate the schedule of activities. They monitor and ensure all laboratory operations are performed according to specifications, arrange the necessary laboratory equipment and assure that the appropriate health and safety standards are followed.
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.15
- R Realistic5.81
- C Conventional4.99
- S Social2.77
- E Enterprising1.51
- A Artistic1.13
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 Technologists (29-2011.00): 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 (20)
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.
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- arrange equipment repairs
- develop project schedule
- diagnostic methods in medical laboratory
- health and safety regulations
- interpret medical images
- interpret medical results
- maintain medical laboratory equipment
- manage budgets
- manage health and safety standards
- manage inventory
- manage schedule of tasks
- manage staff
- medical laboratory technology
- plan schedule
- project management
- provide test results to medical staff
- supervise equipment
- supervise laboratory operations
- supervise staff
Optional (18)
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- biological chemistry
- clinical biochemistry
- clinical cytology
- cryopreservation
- data protection
- healthcare administration
- histopathology
- immunology
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- microscopic techniques
- monitor stock level
- order supplies
- paediatric phlebotomy procedures
- stem cells
- sterilise medical equipment
- virology
- work with chemicals
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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