Compare Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians & Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians $64,600
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists $90,200

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Medicine and Dentistry
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Operations Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Speaking
Talking to others.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Physics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Very Low
Physics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Medium

Physics
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

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Psychology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Low
Psychology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Medium

Psychology
Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

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Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Low
Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Medium

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

Licensing

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Licensing for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

9 related certifications

Certification for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

3 related certifications

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