| Activities | According to the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the histotechnician prepares very thin sections of body tissues for microscopic examination by a pathologist. |
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| Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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| Median Income | According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH). the median salary for a histotechnologist in 2004 was $45,730.
Median annual earnings of medical and clinical laboratory technicians were $30,840 in 2004. |
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| Work Context & Conditions | According to the ASCP, "histotechnicians have an unlimited choice of practice settings. Hospitals, for-profit laboratories, clinics, public health facilities, and industry currently have positions open for qualified histotechnicians." |
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| Minimum Education Requirements | Bachelor's Degree
Associate's Degree
Academic High School Program
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| Skills | Monitoring, Instructing, Active Listening, Time Management, Equipment Maintenance, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Science |
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| Abilities | Finger Dexterity, Visual Color Discrimination, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Near Vision, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning, Oral Comprehension |
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