Medical laboratory assistant
Geography, Statistics and Psychology at GCSE, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 1 standard and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Geography leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: median, graph, data evaluation, reliability.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Geography | 1.00 | median, graph, data evaluation, reliability |
| GCSE Statistics | 0.99 | median, standard deviation, communication, reliability |
| GCSE Psychology | 0.93 | median, graph, communication, reliability |
| A level Biology | 0.90 | chromatography, laboratory safety, data presentation |
| A level Geography | 0.83 | median, data accuracy, data presentation |
| A level Chemistry | 0.79 | experimental results, chromatography |
| A level Mathematics | 0.74 | standard deviation, graph, data presentation |
| A level Economics | 0.64 | median, graph |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.64 | median, graph |
| GCSE Physical Education | 0.48 | graph, data evaluation |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Geography, Statistics and Psychology, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Medical laboratory assistants work under supervision of the biomedical scientist and carry out basic laboratory procedures. They work in the pre-analytical handling of samples such as checking the details of specimens received for analysis, maintaining analysers, loading reagents, and packaging specimens. They also perform clerical tasks such as monitoring the stock levels of reagents used in analysis.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.