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Laboratory Occupations > Tools and Skills

The following is a list of tools and skills that a Laboratory Occupations student will learn:

Skills:

• Anatomy and physiology 
• Asepsis
• Balance scales use
• Basic chemistry
• Collections procedures
• Data entry skills
• DNA-Gel electrophoresis
• Infection control and equipment safety
• Communication skills
• Inventory receiving
• Laboratory glassware
• Microbiology
• Quality assurance/control
• Serology
• Urinalysis
• Water testing
• Word processing
• Specimen transport/processing/reporting
• Computer skills

Tools: 

• Spectrophotometer
• Balance
• Titrators
• Centrifuge
• Electrocardiogram
• Micorscopes