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33101.00 – Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations

Medical laboratory assistants and workers in related technical occupations perform pre-analysis and pre-testing tasks such as collecting blood and other samples, processing specimens, and preparing special chemicals called reagents for use in testing. They conduct routine medical laboratory tests and set up, clean and maintain medical laboratory equipment.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Medical laboratory aide
  • Medical laboratory assistant
  • Medical laboratory technician
  • Phlebotomist
  • Phlebotomy aide

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Collect, label, sort and prepare blood, tissue and other samples from patients
  • Log and validate patient samples and prepare them for testing
  • Set up medical laboratory equipment
  • Prepare chemical reagents to be combined with biological samples for testing
  • Conduct routine laboratory tests and sample analyses
  • Perform quality assurance of testing techniques and record results
  • Clean and maintain medical laboratory and medical laboratory equipment.

Additional information

  • Some employers may require medical laboratory technicians to have a diploma.
  • Medical laboratory technicians may progress to supervisory or technologist positions with a combination of additional education, training and experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Biological technologists and technicians (22110)
  • Chemical technologists and technicians (22100)
  • Medical laboratory technologists (32120)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

33 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Sub-major group

331 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Minor group

3310 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Unit group

33101 – Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations

Occupational profile

33101.00 – Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations

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