JOB DUTIES

• Perform elementary blood banking and clinical laboratory procedures in hematology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, serology, bacteriology, parasitology and urinalysis


• Collect blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary puncture


• Pack, unpack, inspect, store and distribute blood and blood products


• Assemble, disassemble and maintain laboratory equipment

Job training for a medical laboratory specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 52 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including practice-testing specimens.



Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Medical laboratory procedures


• Study of human parasites and diseases


• Laboratory administration and record keeping