Medical laboratory manager to bacteriology technician
A medical laboratory manager already meets 20% of what the bacteriology technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.8/ 100
1 How much of what a bacteriology technician is expected to do is already part of a medical laboratory manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the bacteriology technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A bacteriology technician role treats 4 of its required skills as things a medical laboratory manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- assist in the production of laboratory documentation
- manage inventory
- stem cells
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bacteriology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical laboratory manager background worth leading with.
- already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation information skills
- already held clinical cytology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held immunology health and welfare
- already held stem cells natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held virology health and welfare
- already held manage inventory management skills
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the bacteriology technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn laboratory equipment required
- still to learn microbiology-bacteriology required
- still to learn biology required
- still to learn laboratory techniques required
- still to learn molecular biology required
- optional, not held botany optional
- optional, not held parasitology optional
- optional, not held life sciences optional
- still to learn analyse experimental laboratory data required
- still to learn apply scientific methods required
- still to learn collect biological data required
- still to learn perform scientific research required
- optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- still to learn use laboratory equipment required
- still to learn calibrate laboratory equipment required
- still to learn maintain laboratory equipment required
- still to learn perform laboratory tests required
- optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
- still to learn write technical reports required
- optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
- optional, not held write research proposals optional
- still to learn collect samples for analysis required
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held preserve samples optional
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bacteriology technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse experimental laboratory data practise this
- 02 laboratory equipment study this
- 03 microbiology-bacteriology study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
- already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
- already held manage inventory skill
- already held stem cells knowledge
- already held biological chemistry knowledge
- already held clinical cytology knowledge
- already held immunology knowledge
- already held virology knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held communicable diseases optional
- optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
- optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
- optional, not held prepare visual data optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse cell cultures optional
- optional, not held botany optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held parasitology optional
- optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
- optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
- optional, not held communicable diseases optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held life sciences optional
- optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
- optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
- optional, not held prepare visual data optional
- optional, not held preserve samples optional
- optional, not held write research proposals optional
30 held skills the bacteriology technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role clinical biochemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop project schedule skill
- not needed by the target role diagnostic methods in medical laboratory knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role histopathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret medical images skill
- not needed by the target role interpret medical results 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 manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role medical laboratory technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role microscopic techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level 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 plan schedule skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide test results to medical staff skill
- not needed by the target role sterilise medical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise laboratory operations skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role work with chemicals skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn laboratory equipment required
- still to learn microbiology-bacteriology required
- still to learn biology required
- still to learn laboratory techniques required
- still to learn molecular biology required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held botany optional
- optional, not held parasitology optional
- optional, not held communicable diseases optional
- optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
- optional, not held life sciences optional
- optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
Other moves recorded from medical laboratory manager
Common questions about this move
Can a medical laboratory manager become a bacteriology technician?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A medical laboratory manager already covers 20% of what a bacteriology technician is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 4 of which the bacteriology technician role treats as required.
What skills does a medical laboratory manager need to become a bacteriology technician?
16 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. The single most important is analyse experimental laboratory data.
How hard is the move from medical laboratory manager to bacteriology technician?
Its learning distance is 77.8 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.