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Histotechnologists

Apply knowledge of health and disease causes to evaluate new laboratory techniques and procedures to examine tissue samples.

Sector: Healthcare
Preparation: Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed
O*NET code: 29-2011.04

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
Documenting/Recording Information

a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

a major part of the work — rated 75/100 for importance.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

a major part of the work — rated 71/100 for importance.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems

a major part of the work — rated 70/100 for importance.
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

a regular part of the work — rated 69/100 for importance.

Apply knowledge of health and disease causes to evaluate new laboratory techniques and procedures to examine tissue samples. Process and prepare histological slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis by pathologists. May solve technical or instrument problems or assist with research studies.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Critical Thinking

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
Monitoring

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
Judgment and Decision Making

Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 60/100 for importance.
Active Listening

Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Biology

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 74/100 for importance.
Production and Processing

Needed at a solid working level (52/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Chemistry

Needed at a solid working level (58/100), and rated 62/100 for importance.
Customer and Personal Service

Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 59/100 for importance.

Abilities

Near Vision

Needed at a high level (63/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Written Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 69/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
Arm-Hand Steadiness

Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A four-year bachelor's degree is the usual entry ticket.

Experience

Two to four years of related work, internships or research on top of the degree.

Training

Most of the learning happens before you are hired, not after.

What it pays

These are typical healthcare compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Histotechnologists specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

Mayo Clinic · Johns Hopkins

$130k – $300k

Regional Health Systems

$100k – $180k

Clinics & Private Practice

$80k – $130k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Histotechnologists. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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