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

medical laboratory assistanttobiomedical scientist advanced

A medical laboratory assistant already meets 21% of what the biomedical scientist advanced role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From medical laboratory assistant
21%
Overlap1
To biomedical scientist advanced
13 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
82.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance A rebuild

82.6/ 100

1 Share of the biomedical scientist advanced 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 biomedical scientist advanced role treats 5 of its required skills as things a medical laboratory assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assist in the production of laboratory documentation
  • dermapathology
  • perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis
  • perform reconstructive microsurgery
  • tissue cytogenetics

What stands in the way is 20 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A biomedical scientist advanced 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 perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis information skills
  • already held tissue cytogenetics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held histopathology arts and humanities
  • already held dermapathology health and welfare
  • already held perform reconstructive microsurgery assisting and caring
  • already held examine samples in dermatology information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 5 the biomedical scientist advanced role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 47 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 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held perform pathology consultations required
  • required, not held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation required
  • required, not held study topics required
  • required, not held validate biomedical analysis results required
  • required, not held apply scientific methods required
  • required, not held conduct health related research required
  • optional, not held analyse body fluids optional
  • optional, not held interpret electromyograms optional
  • optional, not held perform virological test optional
  • optional, not held research new treatments for blood related disorders optional
02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held analytical methods in biomedical sciences required
  • required, not held biosafety in biomedical laboratory required
  • required, not held biomedical science required
  • required, not held biomedical techniques required
  • optional, not held embryology optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held biophysics optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held medical genetics optional
  • optional, not held toxicology optional
03 health and welfare 2 required, 11 supplementary
  • required, not held biomedical scientists' role in health care system required
  • required, not held neoplasia required
  • optional, not held cancer risks optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held immunohaematology optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunology optional
  • optional, not held clinical microbiology optional
  • optional, not held epidemiology optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a biomedical scientist advanced 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
  • already held dermapathology knowledge
  • already held perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis skill
  • already held perform reconstructive microsurgery skill
  • already held tissue cytogenetics knowledge
  • already held analyse cell cultures skill
  • already held clinical cytology knowledge
  • already held cryopreservation knowledge
  • already held examine samples in dermatology skill
  • already held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients skill
  • already held histopathology knowledge
  • already held immunology knowledge
  • already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 education 1 required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
08 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held scientific literature required
09 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held make clinical decisions required
10 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held record data from biomedical tests required
11 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held industrial research and development optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
  • optional, not held analyse body fluids optional
  • optional, not held cancer risks optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held embryology optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held immunohaematology optional
  • optional, not held interpret electromyograms optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held perform virological test optional
  • optional, not held research new treatments for blood related disorders optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held biophysics optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunology optional
  • optional, not held clinical microbiology optional
  • optional, not held epidemiology optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
  • optional, not held industrial research and development optional
  • optional, not held listen actively optional
  • optional, not held medical genetics optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held toxicology optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
59 held skills the biomedical scientist advanced role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse blood samples skill
  • not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
  • 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 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 calibrate laboratory equipment skill
  • 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 conduct routine blood testing skill
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role densiometry 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 fine-needle aspiration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify patients' medical records skill
  • 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 laboratory techniques knowledge
  • 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 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

19 further entries not listed here

27 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 analytical methods in biomedical sciences required
  • required, not held biomedical scientists' role in health care system required
  • required, not held biosafety in biomedical laboratory required
  • required, not held neoplasia required
  • required, not held biomedical science required
  • required, not held biomedical techniques required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • required, not held scientific literature required
  • optional, not held cancer risks optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held embryology optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held immunohaematology optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
  • optional, not held biophysics optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunology optional
  • optional, not held clinical microbiology optional
  • optional, not held epidemiology optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
  • optional, not held industrial research and development optional
  • optional, not held medical genetics optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
  • optional, not held pathology optional
  • optional, not held toxicology 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.