How to become a Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technician
Official title: Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians
Carries out medical laboratory testing and writes reports on the results to help doctors make a diagnosis.
Main tasks
- Test blood, body fluids, excretions and secretions for viruses, bacteria and parasites, and carry out biochemical, serological, microbiological and microscopic tests
- Operate, calibrate and maintain laboratory instruments such as spectrometers, calorimeters and computerised analysers
- Analyse the chemical make-up and reactions of biological samples
- Evaluate specimen analysis processes, techniques and test methods, and set standard procedures
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: medical technology and laboratory science (0914). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 8, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 9, five-year junior college (五專) 11, two-year junior college (二專) 4. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a medical technologist you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 醫事檢驗師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 14.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$771,000 a year
- Demand for Health and care jobs is projected at about 774,000 in 2024 and about 876,000 in 2030. (+13.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Equipment Technicians
- Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants
- Medical and Dental Prosthetic Technicians
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technician?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
How much does a Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technician earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$771,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technician a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.2% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technician?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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