Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Duties and responsibilities: Clinical Laboratory Specialists are both Clinical Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Technologists. They both work in the laboratory to identify, diagnose, and treat diseases. They use a lot of different equipment and also collect blood samples for different reasons.

Salary: $20,000 - $28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians) $25,000 - $40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Education: To become a laboratory technician you will need an associate’s degree in the field or complete training. To become a clinical technologist you will need a bachelor’s degree however some employers accept an associate’s degree and clinical experience.

 

Reflection: I think that I would like to have one of these two careers because they seem interesting.