Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a medical laboratory manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical laboratory manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as clinical laboratory supervisor, medical laboratory supervisor, medical laboratory administrator, clinical laboratory director of operations, clinical laboratory administrator, medical laboratory director of operations.

Managers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: scientific laboratory technician, 23%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
scientific laboratory technic… 23% covered bacteriology technician 20% covered medical laboratory assistant 19% covered biochemistry technician 19% covered laundry workers supervisor 18% covered medical laboratory manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical laboratory manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical laboratory manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical laboratory manager needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • develop project schedule management skills
  • diagnostic methods in medical laboratory health and welfare
  • medical laboratory technology health and welfare
  • provide test results to medical staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise equipment constructing
  • interpret medical images information skills
  • interpret medical results information skills
  • maintain medical laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supervise laboratory operations management skills
  • arrange equipment repairs management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a medical laboratory manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Medical laboratory manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical laboratory manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.