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Medical Technologist
OFO Code: 321206
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 321206
- Occupation
- Medical Technologist
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 3212 · Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians
Official description
Medical and pathology laboratory technicians perform clinical tests on specimens of bodily fluids and tissues in order to obtain information about the health of a patient or cause of death.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Lung Function Medical Technologist, Parasitology Medical Technologist, Forensic Pathology Medical Technologist, Cytotechnology Medical Technologist, Haematology Medical Technologist, Blood Transfusion Medical Technologist, Cytogenetic Medical Technologist, Cardiology Medical Technologist, Microbiology Medical Technologist, Clinical Pathology Medical Technologist, Immunology Medical Technologist, Non Clinical Medical Technologist, Pharmacology Medical Technologist, Chemical Pathology Medical Technologist, Radio-isotope Medical Technologist, Histopathological Medical Technologist
- Examining cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities
- Establishing and monitoring programs to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results and developing, standardizing, evaluating, and modifying procedures, techniques and tests used in the analysis of specimens
- Conducting chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, and spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal and abnormal components
- Setting up, cleaning, and maintaining laboratory equipment
- Operating, calibrating and maintaining equipment used in quantitative and qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, and computer-controlled analyzers
- Analyzing laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results
- Inoculating fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms
- Analyzing samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction
- Entering data from analysis of laboratory tests and clinical results into records-keeping systems and reporting results to medical practitioners and other health professionals
- Obtaining specimens, cultivating, isolating and identifying microorganisms for analysis
2. Demand status
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned