Name of qualification Name of qualification: Tehnik laboratorijske biomedicine/tehnica laboratorijske biomedicineAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Medicinal Laboratory Technician
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Upper secondary technical education
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Upper secondary technical education
Duration Duration of education:
4 years
Credits Credits: 240 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Elementary school education or
  • lower vocational education
ISCED field Field:
Health and welfare
ISCED subfield subfield: medical diagnostic and treatment technology
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 5
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

The certificate holder will be able to:

  • implement protective measures for safe work in laboratories,
  • perform detailed and accurate laboratory analyses,
  • prepare samples for histological and cytological examinations,
  • perform standard chemical analyses of non-biological material,
  • demonstrate knowledge of the basic legislative and ethical aspects of working in a laboratory;
  • use modern IT and work with resources, data and materials,
  • work in a group and communicate in writing and orally with co-workers, professionals and clients using basic technical terminology,

Elective:

  • perform haematological examinations,
  • perform standard haemostatic tests,
  • perform basic laboratory examinations in transfusion medicine,
  • take capillary blood samples,
  • demonstrate knowledge of the technique of venous blood sampling,
  • perform basic microbiological examinations,
  • prepare samples for biochemical examinations (serum, plasma),
  • perform biochemical examinations using a spectrometer or photometer,
  • perform urine, stool and cerebrospinal fluid examinations.

Certificate holders supplement their key vocational knowledge and abilities with key general knowledge in line with national standards.
 

Assesment and completion:

Students' vocational abilities and skills and the fulfilment of conditions to obtain credits in accordance with the education programme are established through testing and assessment. Assessment also takes into account non-formally acquired knowledge, which must be adequately demonstrated. Students are assessed using scores from 5 (excellent) to 1 (inadequate).

 

Progress:

Students may progress to a higher year if at the end of the academic year they achieve a positive score in all general education subjects and technical modules for the year as set out in the school’s operational curriculum, and have completed all extracurricular activities and practical on-the-job training, or progress on the basis of a programme faculty decision.

Tehnik laboratorijske biomedicine/tehnica laboratorijske biomedicine

SQF 5

EQF 4

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Ortopedski tehnolog/ortopedska tehnologinja

Zdravstveni reševalec/zdravstvena reševalka

SQF 6 / EQF 5

Diplomirani inženir laboratorijske biomedicine (un)/diplomirana inženirka laboratorijske biomedicine (un)

Diplomirani inženir radiološke tehnologije (vs)/diplomirana inženirka radiološke tehnologije (vs)

Diplomirani laboratorijski zobni protetik (vs)/diplomirana laboratorijska zobna protetičarka (vs)

Diplomirani ortotik in protetik (vs)/diplomirana ortotičarka in protetičarka (vs)

SQF 7 / EQF 6 

Magister inženir radiološke tehnologije/magistrica inženirka radiološke tehnologije

SQF 8 / EQF 7

Progression:

Matura/vocational course, higher vocational education (SQF level 6), professional higher education (SQF level 7) and academic higher education (SQF level 7)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Students must successfully (i.e. with positive scores) complete general education subjects, compulsory and elective vocational modules, and the open part of the curriculum. They must also complete extracurricular activities, practical on-the-job training and a vocational matura.

The vocational matura comprises a compulsory section (written and oral examination in Slovene and biomedical laboratory) and an elective section (written and oral examination in a foreign language or mathematics, and a service with an oral presentation).

Awarding body:

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions.

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://paka3.mss.edus.si/registriweb/ProgramPodatki.aspx
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