Sample prep technician job description
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Sample prep technician requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in sample prep technician job postings.
Sample sample prep technician requirements
- Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, or related field
- Knowledge of laboratory techniques and safety protocols
- Experience in laboratory work and sample preparation
- Ability to work with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
Sample required sample prep technician soft skills
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Sample prep technician job description example 1
Girls Who Code sample prep technician job description
Why join this virtual experience program?
Welcome to the Girls Who Code Technical Interview Prep program built in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group! We are excited to bring a new approach to preparing for technical interviews that focuses on understanding the entire interview process and the different types of technical interviews you may encounter.
Technical interviews are a core component of the hiring process for most entry-level technical roles, like software developer or data scientist. Many Girls Who Code students report that fear and inexperience with technical interviews prevent them from successfully applying to competitive jobs. We know that most colleges do not provide specific training on technical interview prep, and students who don't have "insider access" or a network of well-connected peers and mentors are at an unfair disadvantage. Through this new offering, Technical Interview Prep (TIP), we will offer hands-on practice with technical interviewing, access to resources and tools that help level the playing field, and a community of other participants with whom to build confidence and skills.
Joining this program allows you to learn about the basic components of typical technical interview questions and receive a high-level overview of potential answers. Not only will you have the opportunity to practice some technical interview prompts, but you will also get to hear from Girls Who Code alumni about how they would go about answering those same prompts, giving you tips and tricks along the way! Lastly, you will get a unique insider perspective hearing from recruiters and hiring managers from Boston Consulting Group who will help you understand what is most important when preparing and participating in technical interviews.
To improve accessibility, please consider downloading
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How will you benefit?
Conduct Company & Role Research
Conduct research about a specific company and role to draft questions in preparation for an interview and understand if a role is aligned with your personal goals.
Understand the Interview Process
Describe the different stages of a technical interview process from phone screen to offer.
Learn and Practice Different Technical Interviews
Describe three individual types of technical interviews, understand unique approaches for each, and practice applying best practices and strategies for each.
Identify Resources for Continued Practice
Identify resources and platforms you can use for additional technical interview practice based on your own career goals.
Conduct Self Assessment
Using company-provided hiring criteria, apply selection criteria to learnings from each task and develop an understanding of where more practice is needed.
Welcome to the Girls Who Code Technical Interview Prep program built in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group! We are excited to bring a new approach to preparing for technical interviews that focuses on understanding the entire interview process and the different types of technical interviews you may encounter.
Technical interviews are a core component of the hiring process for most entry-level technical roles, like software developer or data scientist. Many Girls Who Code students report that fear and inexperience with technical interviews prevent them from successfully applying to competitive jobs. We know that most colleges do not provide specific training on technical interview prep, and students who don't have "insider access" or a network of well-connected peers and mentors are at an unfair disadvantage. Through this new offering, Technical Interview Prep (TIP), we will offer hands-on practice with technical interviewing, access to resources and tools that help level the playing field, and a community of other participants with whom to build confidence and skills.
Joining this program allows you to learn about the basic components of typical technical interview questions and receive a high-level overview of potential answers. Not only will you have the opportunity to practice some technical interview prompts, but you will also get to hear from Girls Who Code alumni about how they would go about answering those same prompts, giving you tips and tricks along the way! Lastly, you will get a unique insider perspective hearing from recruiters and hiring managers from Boston Consulting Group who will help you understand what is most important when preparing and participating in technical interviews.
To improve accessibility, please consider downloading
Read Aloud
(text-to-speech) or
Just Read
(readability), which are plug-ins for Chrome and Firefox.
How will you benefit?
Conduct Company & Role Research
Conduct research about a specific company and role to draft questions in preparation for an interview and understand if a role is aligned with your personal goals.
Understand the Interview Process
Describe the different stages of a technical interview process from phone screen to offer.
Learn and Practice Different Technical Interviews
Describe three individual types of technical interviews, understand unique approaches for each, and practice applying best practices and strategies for each.
Identify Resources for Continued Practice
Identify resources and platforms you can use for additional technical interview practice based on your own career goals.
Conduct Self Assessment
Using company-provided hiring criteria, apply selection criteria to learnings from each task and develop an understanding of where more practice is needed.
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Sample prep technician job description example 2
Kelly Services sample prep technician job description
Kelly is hiring Sample Technicians in Convent, La!
Pay: $16 **Job Function:**
1. Rotation based shift work; to include nights, weekends, and holidays.
2. Operate mechanical sampling system.
3. Occasional exposure to inclement weather and high/low ambient temperatures.
4. Periods of walking, standing, climbing of ladders and/or stairs, inclined walkways, and uneven/unstable surfaces.
5. Housekeeping of walkways, sampling systems, preparation equipment, work area including the use of compressed air and/or water.
6. Use of cleaning tools to clean sampling system or preparation equipment.
7. Completion of documentation as required for operational activity, reporting of non-conformance issues, maintenance issues, sample preparation activity.
8. Lifting, carrying bagged/boxed/containerized samples weighing up to 30 pounds maximum.
9. Manually collect samples with shovels from stockpiles, moving conveyors, or inside open hopper barges.
10. Barge drafting and inspecting open hopper river barges.
**Safety Requirements:**
+ Complete safety programs required by Company with satisfactory proficiency.
+ Proper use of company provided and required personal protective safety equipment.
+ Comprehension of all safety hazards within the workplace such as but not limited to: LOTO, mechanical sampling systems, industrial equipment, inclement weather, over water hazards, etc.
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**Get a complete career fit with Kelly** ** ** **.**
You're looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we're here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
**About Kelly** ** **
At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center.
Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.
Pay: $16 **Job Function:**
1. Rotation based shift work; to include nights, weekends, and holidays.
2. Operate mechanical sampling system.
3. Occasional exposure to inclement weather and high/low ambient temperatures.
4. Periods of walking, standing, climbing of ladders and/or stairs, inclined walkways, and uneven/unstable surfaces.
5. Housekeeping of walkways, sampling systems, preparation equipment, work area including the use of compressed air and/or water.
6. Use of cleaning tools to clean sampling system or preparation equipment.
7. Completion of documentation as required for operational activity, reporting of non-conformance issues, maintenance issues, sample preparation activity.
8. Lifting, carrying bagged/boxed/containerized samples weighing up to 30 pounds maximum.
9. Manually collect samples with shovels from stockpiles, moving conveyors, or inside open hopper barges.
10. Barge drafting and inspecting open hopper river barges.
**Safety Requirements:**
+ Complete safety programs required by Company with satisfactory proficiency.
+ Proper use of company provided and required personal protective safety equipment.
+ Comprehension of all safety hazards within the workplace such as but not limited to: LOTO, mechanical sampling systems, industrial equipment, inclement weather, over water hazards, etc.
???????
**Get a complete career fit with Kelly** ** ** **.**
You're looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we're here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
**About Kelly** ** **
At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center.
Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.
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Sample prep technician job description example 3
Scripps Health sample prep technician job description
At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation's Top 100 Places to Work.
You'll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you're open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.
As a nationally recognized health system, Scripps Health is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients. Through collaboration and innovation, our healthcare professionals lead the frontier in caring for our community. With a culture centered around teamwork, each laboratory site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. Our cytology team is key in evaluating patient samples to determine next steps in treatment and care.
*The Cytology Prep Tech position duties include:*
* Working in immediate contact with physicians, during fast paced invasive procedures, carrying to completion a multistep process that results in a microscopic slide for the purpose of rapid on-site evaluation of various cancerous and other neoplastic lesions by a pathologist.
* Routine accessioning of cytology and anatomic pathology specimens, processing and staining of all Gyn and Non-Gyn cytology specimens, assisting in bone marrow collection, assisting physicians within room procedures, and archiving completed cytology cases.
* Instrument maintenance, preparation of stain reagents, communication with laboratory customers and other duties as needed.
*This is a Full Time (80 hours every two weeks) benefited position, working 8-hour day shifts (start time between 6am and 11am) on Monday through Friday. Located in Torrey Pines. *
*Required Qualifications:*
* Critical thinking and analytical skills.
* Proven laboratory skills handling specimens, reagents and instruments.
* High accuracy in work performance and attention to detail. Excellent written and strong verbal communication skills.
* Proficient with medical terminology, with an understanding of computer systems.
* Excellent skills in verbal communication, organization, patient/specimen identification, written documentation, and specimen manipulation during invasive procedures is required.
* Non-Gyn processing requires a 1 year minimum of specialized on the job training to reach full competency, performing analytical standard work enhancing specimen quality, to ensure accurate physician diagnosis
* One (1) year of related lab experience, preferably in a large complex healthcare organization.
* Graduation from college with a major in an applicable natural science; or two (2) years of college courses in the natural sciences plus two (2) years of applicable experience; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant lab experience.
*Preferred Qualifications:*
* Cytology experience.
* Histology experience.
* Pathology or clinical lab experience.
* Reference lab specimen send out experience.
* Bio-hazardous material shipping experience.
**Job:** **Lab*
**Organization:** **Scripps Clinic*
**Title:** *Cytology Prep Tech*
**Location:** *Central San Diego County-SAN DIEGO-SCRIPPS MEDICAL LABORATORY*
You'll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you're open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.
As a nationally recognized health system, Scripps Health is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients. Through collaboration and innovation, our healthcare professionals lead the frontier in caring for our community. With a culture centered around teamwork, each laboratory site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. Our cytology team is key in evaluating patient samples to determine next steps in treatment and care.
*The Cytology Prep Tech position duties include:*
* Working in immediate contact with physicians, during fast paced invasive procedures, carrying to completion a multistep process that results in a microscopic slide for the purpose of rapid on-site evaluation of various cancerous and other neoplastic lesions by a pathologist.
* Routine accessioning of cytology and anatomic pathology specimens, processing and staining of all Gyn and Non-Gyn cytology specimens, assisting in bone marrow collection, assisting physicians within room procedures, and archiving completed cytology cases.
* Instrument maintenance, preparation of stain reagents, communication with laboratory customers and other duties as needed.
*This is a Full Time (80 hours every two weeks) benefited position, working 8-hour day shifts (start time between 6am and 11am) on Monday through Friday. Located in Torrey Pines. *
*Required Qualifications:*
* Critical thinking and analytical skills.
* Proven laboratory skills handling specimens, reagents and instruments.
* High accuracy in work performance and attention to detail. Excellent written and strong verbal communication skills.
* Proficient with medical terminology, with an understanding of computer systems.
* Excellent skills in verbal communication, organization, patient/specimen identification, written documentation, and specimen manipulation during invasive procedures is required.
* Non-Gyn processing requires a 1 year minimum of specialized on the job training to reach full competency, performing analytical standard work enhancing specimen quality, to ensure accurate physician diagnosis
* One (1) year of related lab experience, preferably in a large complex healthcare organization.
* Graduation from college with a major in an applicable natural science; or two (2) years of college courses in the natural sciences plus two (2) years of applicable experience; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant lab experience.
*Preferred Qualifications:*
* Cytology experience.
* Histology experience.
* Pathology or clinical lab experience.
* Reference lab specimen send out experience.
* Bio-hazardous material shipping experience.
**Job:** **Lab*
**Organization:** **Scripps Clinic*
**Title:** *Cytology Prep Tech*
**Location:** *Central San Diego County-SAN DIEGO-SCRIPPS MEDICAL LABORATORY*
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024