How to become a laboratory attendant
Official title: Laboratory attendant
Also called: Laboratory courier, Laboratory courier
Laboratory attendant cleans laboratory equipment, such as glassware, metal instruments, sinks, tables, and test panels, using solvents, brushes and rags. He/she may sterilise glassware and instruments, label tubes and bottles and fill them with specified solutions and deliver supplies and laboratory specimens to designated work areas.
Main tasks
- Delivering laboratory supplies, equipment or specimens to designated work areas and cleaning laboratory equipment
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $31,812 a year. The middle half earn $22,200 to $49,116 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a laboratory attendant earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $31,812 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $22,200 to $49,116.
Will AI change the work of a laboratory attendant?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026