| Activities | According to the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) "A cytotechnologist (CT) is a laboratory specialist who is responsible for examining human cell samples under the microscope for early signs of cancer and other diseases." |
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| Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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| Median Income | $60,840 in the year 2005 in the North Eastern U. S. according to the ASCP Wage & Vacancy Survey of Medical Laboratories |
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| Work Context & Conditions | Cytotechnologists have an unlimited choice of practice settings: hospitals, for-profit laboratories, clinics, public health facilities, and industry. |
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| Minimum Education Requirements | Bachelor's Degree
Technical Certification Program, Post-undergraduate Education
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| Skills | Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Active Listening, Time Management, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Operation Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Science |
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| Abilities | Oral Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Near Vision, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning |
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