Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

medical laboratory assistanttochromatographer

A medical laboratory assistant already meets 24% of what the chromatographer role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From medical laboratory assistant
24%
Overlap1
To chromatographer
9 Skills carried over
24 Required, not held
80.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance A rebuild

80.5/ 100

1 Share of the chromatographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical laboratory assistant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A chromatographer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a medical laboratory assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply safety procedures in laboratory
  • calibrate laboratory equipment
  • laboratory techniques
  • mix chemicals
  • operate scientific measuring equipment
  • perform laboratory tests

What stands in the way is 24 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chromatographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical laboratory assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held mix chemicals handling and moving
  • already held work with chemicals handling and moving
  • already held use chemical analysis equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held test chemical samples information skills
  • already held calibrate laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held apply safety procedures in laboratory assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the chromatographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held apply scientific methods required
  • required, not held document analysis results required
  • required, not held follow laboratory manuals required
  • required, not held manage chemical processes inspection required
  • required, not held manage chemical testing procedures required
  • optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date on product knowledge optional
  • optional, not held archive scientific documentation optional
  • optional, not held develop scientific research protocols optional
  • optional, not held keep up-to-date with regulations optional
02 handling and moving 5 required
  • required, not held apply liquid chromatography required
  • required, not held transfer chemicals required
  • required, not held handle chemicals required
  • required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
  • required, not held prepare chemical samples required
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held chemical products required
  • required, not held gel permeation chromatography required
  • required, not held high-performance liquid chromatography required
  • required, not held oxidation required
  • optional, not held computational chemistry optional
  • optional, not held mass spectrometry optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held chemical processes required
  • required, not held solid phase microextraction required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held contact scientists required
  • required, not held improve chemical processes required
  • optional, not held assist scientific research optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held write scientific publications optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor chemical process condition required
  • required, not held perform chemical experiments required
  • optional, not held maintain chromotography machinery optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chromatographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
  • already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
  • already held laboratory techniques knowledge
  • already held mix chemicals skill
  • already held operate scientific measuring equipment skill
  • already held perform laboratory tests skill
  • already held test chemical samples skill
  • already held use chemical analysis equipment skill
  • already held work with chemicals skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use chromatography software required
  • optional, not held use microsoft office optional
08 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held regulate chemical reaction required
09 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
10 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held create project specifications optional
11 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held computational chemistry optional
  • optional, not held develop scientific theories optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date on product knowledge optional
  • optional, not held maintain chromotography machinery optional
  • optional, not held mass spectrometry optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held archive scientific documentation optional
  • optional, not held assist scientific research optional
  • optional, not held create project specifications optional
  • optional, not held develop scientific research protocols optional
  • optional, not held keep up-to-date with regulations optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
  • optional, not held use microsoft office optional
  • optional, not held write scientific publications optional
63 held skills the chromatographer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse blood samples skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse cell cultures skill
  • not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role automated analysers in the medical laboratory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biological chemistry 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 clinical cytology 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 conduct routine blood testing 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 examine samples in dermatology 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 laboratory equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain medical laboratory equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge

23 further entries not listed here

11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

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

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held chemical processes required
  • required, not held chemical products required
  • required, not held gel permeation chromatography required
  • required, not held high-performance liquid chromatography required
  • required, not held oxidation required
  • required, not held solid phase microextraction required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • optional, not held computational chemistry optional
  • optional, not held mass spectrometry optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from medical laboratory assistant

Full index of moves from medical laboratory assistant

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.