Hospitality internship vs certified medical technician

The differences between hospitality interns and certified medical technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-3 months to become a hospitality internship, becoming a certified medical technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a certified medical technician has an average salary of $38,859, which is higher than the $30,846 average annual salary of a hospitality internship.

The top three skills for a hospitality internship include patients, customer service and patient care. The most important skills for a certified medical technician are patients, vital signs, and CPR.

Hospitality internship vs certified medical technician overview

	Hospitality Internship	Certified Medical Technician
Yearly salary	$30,846	$38,859
Hourly rate	$14.83	$18.68
Growth rate	9%	5%
Number of jobs	50,472	164,424
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Average age	42	44
Years of experience	3	12

What does a hospitality internship do?

A hospitality intern is responsible for assisting the management team in providing the highest customer service for the guests. Hospitality interns also support the human resources team in sourcing candidates for operations and recommend strategies to maximize the productivity of employees and improve operational processes. They perform administrative and clerical duties as needed under the supervision of a manager and tenured staff. A hospitality intern must have excellent communication and organizational skills, especially in writing reports and sorting files in the database.

What does a certified medical technician do?

Certified Medical Technicians are specialists in medical diagnoses by performing laboratory testing and analysis for hospitals and physicians. Their duties include lab sanitization to prepare for testing and collection, recording medical samples for testing, specimen preparation, blood drawing for donation and testing, and assisting physicians with sample collection as well as equipment handling in surgical rooms. They must also understand how to use complex and sensitive testing equipment such as cell counters, analyzers, microscopes, and centrifuges.

Hospitality internship vs certified medical technician salary

Hospitality interns and certified medical technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hospitality Internship	Certified Medical Technician
Average salary	$30,846	$38,859
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $36,000	Between $28,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	Mountain View, CA	Denton, TX
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Alaska
Best paying company	Massachusetts General Hospital	Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between hospitality internship and certified medical technician education

There are a few differences between a hospitality internship and a certified medical technician in terms of educational background:

	Hospitality Internship	Certified Medical Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Most common major	Psychology	Nursing
Most common college	-	University of Connecticut

Hospitality internship vs certified medical technician demographics

Here are the differences between hospitality interns' and certified medical technicians' demographics:

	Hospitality Internship	Certified Medical Technician
Average age	42	44
Gender ratio	Male, 31.6% Female, 68.4%	Male, 20.4% Female, 79.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.3% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 8.5% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 15.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 10.0% White, 53.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	7%	8%

Differences between hospitality internship and certified medical technician duties and responsibilities

Hospitality internship example responsibilities.

Manage POS system while opening up drawer and entering data within system to remain compliant with owner's expectations.
Provide treatment, under supervision, of acute care patients with post-orthopedic surgery, general debilitation, and other conditions
Observe EKG's, process paperwork, and transport patients to departments via wheelchair.
Verify diet orders and allergies in Carelink to ensure diet is correct and food is allowed.
Establish relationships with clinical staff in ICU and round on patients as part of comprehensive care team.
Create a standardize evaluation form to be complete by patients to analyze quality of care within radiology.

Certified medical technician example responsibilities.

Maintain the cleanliness of storage areas, trays, centrifuges, refrigerators, freezers and work area.
Administer medications to patients according to their medication record as scheduled, as needed according to physician orders.
Perform laboratory test and procedures in areas including chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, serology, and bacteriology.
Perform first aid and apply CPR when necessary.
Perform first aid or CPR during medical emergencies until paramedics arrive.
Assist the residents in their ADL needs and prepare their meals.

Hospitality internship vs certified medical technician skills

Common hospitality internship skills

Patients, 25%
Customer Service, 16%
Patient Care, 9%
Front Desk, 5%
Vital Signs, 4%
Physical Therapy, 3%

Common certified medical technician skills

Patients, 17%
Vital Signs, 12%
CPR, 8%
Administer Medications, 7%
Resident Care, 6%
HIPAA, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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