Medical laboratory assistant to biochemistry technician

• already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
• already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
• already held biological chemistry knowledge
• already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
• already held conduct routine blood testing skill
• already held laboratory techniques knowledge
• already held maintain laboratory equipment skill
• already held perform laboratory tests skill
• already held stem cells knowledge
• already held analyse blood samples skill
• already held analyse cell cultures skill
• already held clinical cytology knowledge
• already held examine samples in dermatology skill
• already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
• already held virology knowledge

• optional, not held computational chemistry optional
• optional, not held endocrinology optional
• optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
• optional, not held label samples optional
• optional, not held analytical chemistry optional
• optional, not held communicable diseases optional
• optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
• optional, not held keep task records optional
• optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
• optional, not held perform chemical experiments optional
• optional, not held pharmacology optional
• optional, not held prepare visual data optional
• optional, not held preserve samples optional
• optional, not held toxicology optional
• optional, not held write research proposals optional

• not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
• not needed by the target role automated analysers in the medical laboratory knowledge
• not needed by the target role blood collection on babies knowledge
• not needed by the target role blood donation knowledge
• not needed by the target role blood transfusion knowledge
• not needed by the target role blood type classification knowledge
• not needed by the target role carry out flow cytometry skill
• not needed by the target role carry out quality control in microbiology laboratories skill
• not needed by the target role check the received biological samples skill
• not needed by the target role clinical biochemistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
• not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
• not needed by the target role conduct cancer screening tests skill
• not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
• not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
• not needed by the target role densiometry knowledge
• not needed by the target role dermapathology knowledge
• not needed by the target role dispose medical waste skill
• not needed by the target role electroencephalography knowledge
• not needed by the target role examine cell specimens microscopically skill
• not needed by the target role explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients skill
• not needed by the target role fine-needle aspiration knowledge
• not needed by the target role histopathology knowledge
• not needed by the target role identify patients' medical records skill
• not needed by the target role immunology knowledge
• not needed by the target role interpret hematological test results skill
• not needed by the target role interpret medical results skill
• not needed by the target role interpret urology diagnostic tests skill
• not needed by the target role label blood samples skill
• not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
• not needed by the target role maintain medical laboratory equipment skill
• not needed by the target role microscopic techniques knowledge
• not needed by the target role mix chemicals skill
• not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
• not needed by the target role operate scientific measuring equipment skill
• not needed by the target role order supplies skill
• not needed by the target role paediatric phlebotomy procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role perform PCR covid test skill
• not needed by the target role perform bone marrow transplant skill
• not needed by the target role perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis skill

17 further entries not listed here

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn genetics required
• still to learn laboratory equipment required
• still to learn solid phase microextraction required
• still to learn biology required
• still to learn biotechnology required
• still to learn life sciences required
• still to learn scientific research methodology required
• optional, not held computational chemistry optional
• optional, not held endocrinology optional
• optional, not held evolutionary biology optional
• optional, not held analytical chemistry optional
• optional, not held communicable diseases optional
• optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
• optional, not held pharmacology optional
• optional, not held toxicology optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A medical laboratory assistant already covers 37% of what a biochemistry technician is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 9 of which the biochemistry technician role treats as required.

14 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. The single most important is analyse experimental laboratory data.

Its learning distance is 67.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.