Updated: July 08, 2025 - The Lab Assistant performs routine cleaning and sanitization of controlled manufacturing environments while ensuring adherence to safety protocols and accurate documentation. This role supports laboratory operations through equipment maintenance, inventory management, and coordination of hazardous material handling. The assistant also assists in specimen processing, data entry, and ongoing training in quality, safety, and compliance procedures.


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1. Lab Assistant, BioGenix Labs, Modesto, CA
Job Summary:
- Sterilize materials, cleaning of labware and glassware, creation of media and solutions
- Cleaning and maintenance of equipment, supporting validation and qualification of equipment
- Use of electronic data systems, disposal of regulated medical and biohazardous waste, performing aseptic techniques, inventory management, and purchase requisition creation
- Use of the following lab tools and equipment, such as autoclaves, glassware washers, analytical balances, pH meters, mechanical pipettes, biological safety cabinets, fume hoods, water baths, kettles, scales, various computer systems, etc.
- Working in laboratory areas using established procedures and proper documentation for regulatory agencies
Skills on Resume:
- Sterile Techniques (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Media Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Data Systems (Hard Skills)
- Waste Disposal (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Lab Documentation (Hard Skills)
2. Lab Assistant, Precision Pathology Group, Fort Wayne, IN
Job Summary:
- Plant tissue culture, such as regeneration, micro propagation
- Creating new plants through cuttings
- Monitoring plant growth
- Reporting and testing on plants and cuttings
- Ensuring high-quality processes for optimum production
Skills on Resume:
- Tissue Culture (Hard Skills)
- Plant Propagation (Hard Skills)
- Growth Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Plant Testing (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Cutting Techniques (Hard Skills)
- Production Optimization (Hard Skills)
3. Lab Assistant, GreenField Diagnostics, Augusta, GA
Job Summary:
- Receive and prepare samples for lab analyses and tests
- Prepare samples on slides or other testing formats that require information
- Send out specifics about lab samples to the appropriate specialty lab
- Help diagnose various pet and other animal illnesses, injuries, and diseases
- Process specimens, retrieve and release test results, and assist in test research
- Perform instrument test protocols for new and existing products
- Maintain and communicate schedule changes
- Manage lab inventory, procure supplies, and stock shelves
- Responsible for general lab maintenance and overall cleanliness of the lab and equipment
- Support and maintain various processes and systems/and databases
- Perform record keeping and data entry
- Transcribe pre-dictated medical reports
- Perform administrative duties such as parcel deliveries, file requisitions, and support with billing/pricing/sample transportation
Skills on Resume:
- Sample Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
- Test Support (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Lab Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Medical Transcription (Hard Skills)
- Administrative Support (Soft Skills)
4. Lab Assistant, Riverstone Medical Testing, Waco, TX
Job Summary:
- Work with EMO counterpart, arrange and conduct testing, measurement for purposes of validation, calibration, verification or investigation at an appropriate stage of NPD/EPD
- Make sure testing for device and wipes comply with the appropriate test method or standards
- Record data and prepare a test report according to the data integrity procedure
- Maintain the lab 5S, equipment and disciplines according to SOP
- Support other lab activities e.g., safety, corporate audit, self-inspection, etc.
Skills on Resume:
- Test Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Standards Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Lab Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Discipline (Hard Skills)
- Procedure Adherence (Hard Skills)
- Safety Monitoring (Hard Skills)
5. Lab Assistant, PureGene Laboratory Services, Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Carry out routine laboratory work to assist the supervisor (finished product preparation on small scale, perfume compounding, wash tests, setting up or cleaning away experiments, disposal of waste, etc)
- Run basic experiments according to qualified procedures
- Keep inventories running/up to date
- Use internal IT systems (CISPRO)
- Know and apply specific protection measures linked to handling of chemicals (specific training and qualification done by R&D)
- Summarize results of basic experiments and communicate these results to colleagues (in electronic lab notebook)
Skills on Resume:
- Lab Assistance (Hard Skills)
- Basic Experimentation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Tracking (Hard Skills)
- IT Systems (Hard Skills)
- Chemical Handling (Hard Skills)
- Data Summarization (Hard Skills)
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Result Communication (Soft Skills)
6. Lab Assistant, NovaMed Research Center, Lansing, MI
Job Summary:
- Responsible for having a general understanding of the theory of all methodologies within their scope of service
- Assess client needs, proactively participate in the implementation of improvement measures
- Verify test orders and ensure accuracy of testing to include patient preparation, pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic phases of testing and test results reporting
- Perform various duties of laboratory medicine within their scope of service that are performed within the area of primary assignment, recognizing and resolving technical problems or consulting for supervision for assistance with problem resolution
- Serve as an engaged and productive team player for their work group and organization
- Performed and administered in compliance with CAP, AABB, Joint Commission, DHEC, CMS, OSHA and any other applicable accreditation or regulatory agency
Skills on Resume:
- Methodology Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Client Assessment (Soft Skills)
- Order Verification (Hard Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Test Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Service Execution (Hard Skills)
7. Lab Assistant, Blue Ridge Clinical Labs, Asheville, NC
Job Summary:
- Responsible for remaining current on laboratory methods and trends, as well as initiating test procedures and methodology
- Confers with Memorial Hospital Laboratory Manager regarding procedures, regulations including CLIA, safety, etc., on an ongoing basis
- Responsible for overseeing the departmental problems, instruments, and operations
- Orders and receives laboratory and radiology supplies
- Performs lab tests as instructed
- Assists with and coordinates quality control checks of instruments, solutions, and test results against established standards
- Inventories laboratory and radiology supplies
- Cleans equipment and work areas, and disposes of contaminated materials according to OSHA standards
- Logs patient specimens and enters test results on forms
- Collects data, prepares reports, answers correspondence and compiles statistics as directed
- Monitors departmental performance for compliance with accreditation, legal, and other regulatory requirements
- Recommends changes in work methods
- Follows prescribed safety standards in operating equipment
- Maintains patients' and associates' privacy and confidentiality
Skills on Resume:
- Method Update (Hard Skills)
- Regulation Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Department Oversight (Soft Skills)
- Supply Management (Hard Skills)
- Test Performance (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Confidentiality Maintenance (Soft Skills)
8. Lab Assistant, VitalCheck Laboratories, Dover, DE
Job Summary:
- Assist a team of research biologists in conducting experiments to test new insecticides (chemicals and biologicals) for crop insect pests
- Participating in laboratory, greenhouse and field evaluation of client insect control technology conducted by an Insecticide New Technology and Biological Testing team
- Duties include the preparation and setup of experiments (including equipment, plants, and insects), the evaluation of trials, and site maintenance after trials have been initiated
- Evaluate simple to moderately complex laboratory assays based on etiquettes and in compliance with SOPs and GLP guidelines
- Arrange rudimentary laboratory equipment and instrumentation with guidance from senior technical staff
- Record project data by GLP regulations
- Adhere to current Health and Safety regulations
- Communicate with all levels of peers and management
- Perform other duties as specified by management
Skills on Resume:
- Experiment Support (Hard Skills)
- Trial Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Lab Setup (Hard Skills)
- Data Recording (Hard Skills)
- SOP Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Safety Regulations (Hard Skills)
- Team Communication (Soft Skills)
- Field Assistance (Hard Skills)
9. Junior Lab Assistant, Pinnacle Health Labs, Bismarck, ND
Job Summary:
- Perform lab cleaning and decontamination protocols
- Keep the lab orderly and functional
- Keep all the reagents and water bottles at the levels to achieve successful operation
- Change waste containers and dispose of waste material
- Keep stock levels sufficient in the lab
- Assist with general laboratory maintenance
- Maintain accurate and detailed product and instrument records
- Assists the production scientists
- Report any problems to Management
- Follow all work instructions and adhere to all company policies and procedures
Skills on Resume:
- Lab Cleaning (Hard Skills)
- Reagent Management (Hard Skills)
- Waste Disposal (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Lab Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
- Production Support (Hard Skills)
- Policy Adherence (Hard Skills)
10. Lab Assistant, SureTest Diagnostics, Springfield, MO
Job Summary:
- Receives and logs in patient specimens
- Performs reagent/supplies inventory
- Process specimens for examination by microbiologists
- Prepares complicated reagents and media for specific tests
- Performs quality control procedures on media and reagents
- Test special media to evaluate its usage by professional staff
- Assists microbiologists in the application of quality control standards
- Processes and labels reagents and solutions
- Discards test setups after testing is completed
- Transcribes laboratory results into a computer
Skills on Resume:
- Specimen Logging (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
- Media Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Reagent Labeling (Hard Skills)
- Result Transcription (Hard Skills)
- Microbiologist Support (Hard Skills)
11. Lab Assistant, Mediscope Research, Cedar Rapids, IA
Job Summary:
- Specimen collection and testing requirements and understanding specimen rejection
- Venipunctures and/or finger-sticks on pediatric, neonatal, adult and geriatric patients
- Procedures for patient identification and specimen collection based on test orders
- Educate the patient and/or family regarding specimen collection procedures before obtaining the specimen
- Reviews of the Outstanding Specimen Report (OSR) and pending specimen collections/accessioning issues
Skills on Resume:
- Specimen Collection (Hard Skills)
- Patient Education (Soft Skills)
- Order Verification (Hard Skills)
- Phlebotomy Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Test Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Rejection (Hard Skills)
- Order Review (Hard Skills)
- Patient Interaction (Soft Skills)
12. Lab Assistant, Horizon Bioanalytics, Albany, NY
Job Summary:
- Responsible for fieldwork that primarily consists of organizing travel to vineyards, pistachios and other field sites, where employees will collect plant and insect samples
- Performing laboratory work such as maintaining laboratory colonies of insects and their natural enemies
- Using a microscope to sort and count insects from field collections
- Performing standard laboratory procedures related to insect biology and ecology
- Data entry of quarantine and field-work results and findings
- Helping laboratory personnel with different projects, including helping employees fill out UC forms
- Organizing and maintaining safety equipment and lab safety protocols, instructing new employees on lab safety, lab structure, and time cards
Skills on Resume:
- Field Sampling (Hard Skills)
- Insect Rearing (Hard Skills)
- Microscope Use (Hard Skills)
- Lab Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Project Support (Soft Skills)
- Safety Management (Hard Skills)
- Employee Training (Soft Skills)
13. Lab Assistant, ClearPath Laboratory, Little Rock, AR
Job Summary:
- Perform pre-analytic (only)tests in clinical laboratories for use in the treatment and diagnosis of disease using standard techniques and equipment
- Perform related duties in the laboratory to include storing and labeling specimens and using manual and automatic equipment to prepare specimens and perform analytical tests
- Prepare sterile media in plates for use in growing bacterial cultures
- Incubate culture for specific times at prescribed temperatures
- Understand and comply with laboratory Quality Control and Quality Assurance policies and procedures for instrumentation and testing
- Prepare solutions, reagents and stains, following standard laboratory formulas and procedures
- Perform routine maintenance on test equipment
- Perform routine maintenance on equipment (under the supervision of a licensed Med tech)
- Interact professionally and courteously with doctors, nurses, and other personnel to provide technical guidance and address concerns
- Set up equipment, instruments, reagents and apparatus for specific laboratory techniques
- Perform various Quality Control procedures to maintain compliance with internal and external regulations
- Utilize various hospital information systems and software
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures
- Organizes work to complete job tasks promptly
- Maintain department records, reports, and files
- Coordinates technical functions and activities in the Laboratory Department
- Responds to both internal and external customers with respect, courtesy, and a positive approach through telephone and personal interactions
- Supports management’s goal and decision by accepting change willingly
- Consistent with the hospital's Mission/Vision
- Maintains good relations with patients, medical staff and other departments as well as other facilities that use the services
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops
- Relays results of diagnostic procedures to physicians and their staff
Skills on Resume:
- Preanalytic Testing (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Labeling (Hard Skills)
- Media Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Culture Incubation (Hard Skills)
- Quality Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Solution Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Professional Interaction (Soft Skills)
14. Lab Assistant, Central BioSolutions, Baton Rouge, LA
Job Summary:
- Participate in laboratory organization and housekeeping, maintain laboratory inventory of reagents and consumables
- Conduct daily laboratory temperature monitoring
- Prepare equipment for daily use by laboratory technicians
- Perform basic routine equipment maintenance activities
- Participate in periodic cycle counts
- Participate in other support and maintenance activities
Skills on Resume:
- Lab Housekeeping (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Setup (Hard Skills)
- Routine Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Counts (Hard Skills)
- Temperature Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Support Tasks (Hard Skills)
- Reagent Handling (Hard Skills)
15. Lab Assistant, Integrity Medical Lab, Billings, MT
Job Summary:
- Perform floor and surface cleaning operations in controlled manufacturing environments
- Documentation in facility cleaning logbooks
- Adhere to all safety policies while maintaining a safe and clean environment
- Moving hazardous chemicals, coordinating with the hazardous waste pick-up group
- Inventory organization, stocking, and replenishing of cleaning supplies
- Continuous training for cGMP, documentation, safety, and performance improvement
- Adheres to departmental policies and procedures to include departmental programs, quality control, quality assurance, and safety
- Provide general lab support including maintenance of equipment, lab cleaning and waste management
- Monitor lab supplies and coordinate ordering of new stock, receive and unpack stock when it arrives and check the contents
- Various clerical duties, such as answering phones, data entry, updating laboratory manuals and filing
- Ability to train on laboratory procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, reporting, and maintaining records of patient results
- Understands and operates test systems proficiently with maximum efficiency and minimum waste
Skills on Resume:
- Surface Cleaning (Hard Skills)
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Chemical Handling (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Stocking (Hard Skills)
- Lab Support (Hard Skills)
- Supply Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Clerical Duties (Soft Skills)
- System Operation (Hard Skills)
16. Lab Assistant, Nexa Clinical Group, Tulsa, OK
Job Summary:
- Coordinates the duties of the Technical Assistants
- Coordinates the day-to-day operation of phlebotomy and specimen receiving to ensure all client needs are met
- Coordinates the training of all new employees, ensuring the new employee checklist is completed promptly
- Perform all functions of a Technical Assistant
- Coordinates clerical functions to process specimens and generate reports
- Performs registration and billing functions for all patient types
- Accurately orders laboratory tests for all types of patients
- Dispatches, logs and tracks calls for client specimen pickup
- Pick up specimens collected from all clients
- Perform the duties of a lab courier
- Keeps abreast of department policies/procedures about specimen collection, processing and distribution
- Assists the medical technologist
- Assist during emergencies according to hospital policy
- Maintains a safe and amicable work environment
- Coordinates supplies and equipment to facilitate the delivery of service
- Fills supplies for clients within a reasonable turnaround time
- Assist with restocking supplies in the stockroom
- Report any shortages to the necessary personnel
Skills on Resume:
- Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Phlebotomy Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Employee Training (Soft Skills)
- Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
- Test Ordering (Hard Skills)
- Client Dispatching (Hard Skills)
- Courier Duties (Hard Skills)
- Supply Management (Hard Skills)
17. Lab Assistant, LifeCode Research, Manchester, NH
Job Summary:
- Assist in preparing and handling specimens for QC (quality and quantity) testing
- Participates in lab organization, housekeeping and maintenance activities
- Adhere to the laboratory’s quality control policies, and support instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed
- Enter and review data on the computerized laboratory information system
- Responsible for biological (e.g., blood and urine) specimen receipt, verification, processing, and sending out
- Performing a variety of clerical, processing, and housekeeping duties that include answering phone calls to the lab, inventory, filing, stocking, receiving shipments, cleaning, and rotating and maintaining inventory
Skills on Resume:
- Specimen Handling (Hard Skills)
- Lab Housekeeping (Hard Skills)
- Quality Support (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
- Clerical Duties (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Shipment Receiving (Hard Skills)
18. Lab Assistant, HealthCore Analytics Lab, Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Perform a variety of routine and special Lab procedures as authorized by the Manager/Director
- Rotate through a minimum of three Lab testing areas, performing laboratory analysis and procedures efficiently, accurately, and within allocated time constraints
- Collect and label multiple sample types
- Perform chemical analysis on specimens
- Centrifuge and aliquot specimens
- Take volumes on timed samples
- Order and record test results in the lab computer system
- Perform, monitor, and document quality control for all testing
- Perform and document routine instrument maintenance and calibrations, and troubleshoot instrument problems
- Process samples referenced to outside labs
Skills on Resume:
- Lab Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Sample Collection (Hard Skills)
- Chemical Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
- Test Ordering (Hard Skills)
- Quality Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Instrument Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
19. Lab Assistant, Redwood Biotech Labs, Reno, NV
Job Summary:
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
- Perform duties according to standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Ensure that data is properly documented in a timely fashion according to the current SOPs
- Duties include sample handling, transfer of samples to micro assay plates, and measuring and preparing reagents
- Perform preparation of samples for analysis following prescribed methods, SOPs and best practices, and delivery of data
- Report deviations from SOPs or unexpected results in a timely fashion
- Follow defined methods and SOPs to assist in the processing of DNA samples for genotyping
- Routinely monitor laboratory procedures to ensure that all activities are performed according to the current versions of the SOPs
- Ensure proper operation of laboratory equipment by calibrating, completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, and maintaining equipment inventories
- Maintain laboratory supply inventory by monitoring stock to determine inventory levels, anticipating supplies, and notifying appropriate personnel
- Contribute to the continuous improvement process
Skills on Resume:
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- SOP Adherence (Hard Skills)
- Data Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Sample Handling (Hard Skills)
- Reagent Preparation (Hard Skills)
- DNA Processing (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Monitoring (Hard Skills)
20. Lab Assistant, PrecisionLab Solutions, Erie, PA
Job Summary:
- Draw and collect blood samples according to policy
- Receive, centrifuge, accession, process and transport specimens
- Works pending lists, orders, add-on tests, and resolves duplicate orders
- Maintains, cleans, and sterilizes equipment and work area following safety, cleanliness, and infection control procedures
- Performs clerical duties which may include answering phones, reviewing EKGs, collecting patient demographic data for patient registration, ordering tests, ABNs, data entry and filing
Skills on Resume:
- Blood Collection (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
- Order Management (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Sterilization (Hard Skills)
- Clerical Duties (Soft Skills)
- Phone Handling (Soft Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Patient Registration (Hard Skills)