Requirement For Laboratory Technician: Pointers Before Enrolling Into The Program

Who are Laboratory Technicians?

A Laboratory Technician is the one who works in the laboratories, which may be medical, chemical or research laboratory, and control all types of laboratory tests, accumulate data and draw a possible interpretation of result from them.

Why do we need Laboratory Technicians?

All specialized laboratory tests cannot be solely carried out by the researchers or scientists and/or the doctors. They generally need an assistant who can pursue the tests and collect the data with possible interpretation of the result, and in the backend maintain the laboratory instruments. So, the need of a Laboratory technician is in the fore-front at any concerned laboratory.

What are the responsibilities of a Laboratory Technician?

• A laboratory technician must maintain the stocks of kits and chemical substances or utensils used per day or per experiment.
• He/she must do the primary tests in labs.
• They must look into the hygiene and sanitation in the concerned laboratory.
• They have to accumulate data and analyse them primarily, with a prior possible interpretation of result.
• He/she must have control and have proper knowledge over all the instruments in the laboratory, and should maintain them.
• One of the primary works of the Laboratory Technician is the optimization upon the quality of instruments, kits, chemicals being used in the laboratory.

Who can become a laboratory technician?

Candidates having passed the following courses/ degree, can be a laboratory technician:

• CMLT- Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technology
• DMLT- Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology
• BMLT- Bachelors of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology
• MMLT- Masters of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology
• DPS- Diploma in Pathological Sciences
• DMT- Diploma in Microbiological Techniques
• DHT- Diploma in Haematological techniques
• DCB- Diploma in Clinical Biochemistry, etc.

Who can join the courses to become a laboratory technician?

General eligibility:

• Students having passed 10+2 with minimum 50% marks in Science stream, with Biology as one of the electives, from any recognized board.
• Students graduated from any science stream can apply for Diploma or Bachelors or MMLT courses.

In Ganesh Paramedical College, Delhi, one of the topmost paramedical college in Delhi and Delhi NCR, we make outstanding Laboratory Technicians with needful skills and extracurricular work training; in both offline and online mode so that it can have an easy accessibility to students with 

• Regular Learning program (Admission open)
• Distance Learning program (Admission open)
• Internship program (Admission open)
• Exchange program (For Germany) (Admission open)

Ganesh Paramedical College provides excellent scope for the students with following facilities:

• Complete online accessibility for distance learning theory classes, and Hostels with food, safety, security for annual 3 months practical class.
• Complete offline accessibility of hands-on training for regular students.
• Excellent combo offers for internship program. (Apply now!)
• Abroad job opportunity in Germany with 24 LPA annual package also assisted by Ganesh Paramedical College.

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What qualities one need to become a Laboratory Technician?

There are some qualities inside a human being, except educational requirements, which are considered as basic necessities to become a Laboratory Technician. They make you different and distinguished from other people who are from non-laboratory background. The soft skills that are needed to become a Laboratory Technician are as follows:

• You need to be patient in all situations.
• You need to be helpful and caring in nature.
•  One should be able to keep calm in any kind of stressful conditions.
• You should be having a multitasking approach within your attitude because during emergency condition, you may have to play job roles out of your comfort zone.
• One must be empathetic and sympathetic in nature, to work in this type of sensitive and crucial environment.

There are some formal qualities which you need to have if you want to become a laboratory technician in medical laboratories. They are as follows:

• You should be able of logical and practical thinking in any kind of situation.
• You must have knowledge about safety and precautions of self.
• You must be knowing about biosafety protocols.
• You must have knowledge about Bioethical issues and practicing you work according to it.

Salary Package of a Laboratory Technician:

The Salary package for a laboratory technician can be 5 LPA to 21 LPA per annum.

Conclusion

Laboratory Technicians are part and parcel of a laboratory for both medical and non-medical laboratories. So, by joining this course at Ganesh Paramedical College you can have your job of dream package. So hurry up and grab the admission seats available in Ganesh Paramedical College. 

We don’t believe in imparting mere education, but in creating brilliant Paramedical Specialists. We will guide you and assist you in becoming A1 professionals with Ganesh Paramedical College.

So, join hands with us today, to be a part of the amazing venture. Hurry up and enroll soon, to prevent missing out on the remaining seats.