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Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technician

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Doctors need information to decide if a person is healthy or sick, if a baby's earache is bacterial or viral, or if the man next door needs medication to lower his cholesterol and prevent a heart attack. The information often comes in the form of results from lab tests. Medical and clinical laboratory technicians are the people who perform these routine medical laboratory tests, giving the doctors the information needed to diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. Read more

Medical Equipment Repairer

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A medical equipment repairer, or medical equipment technician, has an essential role in the fields of healthcare and engineering. From X-ray machines to electric wheelchairs, the medical equipment repairer can fix a wide array of machinery used in hospitals and clinics. They have detailed knowledge of how machines and instruments are to be maintained, how they function, and how to repair them. Broken medical equipment costs hospitals and providers time, money, and may pose safety risks for… Read more

Nanosystems Engineer

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Imagine creating a new material, medicine, or electrical component that is too small to see. How would you design it? What could the new invention do? These are precisely the types of questions that nanosystems engineers answer every day. Nanosystems engineers design and build new technologies using the smallest building blocks, atoms, and molecules. Read more

Nursing Assistant and Orderly

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Nursing assistants and orderlies are real-life helpers who work in hospitals and care homes. They help people eat, get dressed, take baths, and move around safely—like helping a friend who isn’t feeling well. You might help someone sit up for the first time or make them smile when they’re scared. This job lets you make a big difference in people’s lives every day. Read more

Occupational Health & Safety Specialist

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Many people work in environments that have obvious potential dangers, like collapses in mines, chemicals in laboratories, or machinery in factories, but there can be hazards in almost any job, like repetitive stress injuries from constant computer use or from scanning groceries. Occupational health and safety specialists identify potential hazards in a job, and then figure out ways to reduce the risks of accidents or injuries to workers or to the public. They also investigate accidents when… Read more

Pharmacy Technician

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Pharmacy technicians play a very important role at a pharmacy. Pharmacy technicians help pharmacists in many different ways. They make sure a pharmacy runs smoothly every day. They may have a role in customer service by taking personal information, answering questions, and taking payments. A technician can measure or mix drugs and package and label containers. They may also count all of the medications to let the pharmacists know if there are low stock items. Pharmacy technicians can work in a… Read more

Phlebotomist

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If you like working with patients while also being up and mobile during the work-day, a career in Phlebotomy may be for you! A phlebotomist works with patients to collect and manage blood samples. During the day you may help calm patients' nerves, collect blood samples, or dispose of biohazardous material — all while working in a fast-growing career field! Read more

Photonics Engineer

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You can send emails and text messages around the world in a matter of seconds. Surgeons routinely perform laser surgery that results in less bleeding and faster healing time. Our Air Force defends our skies using electronics-based aircraft that can almost fly themselves! In space, we are revolutionizing satellite communication that improve things like GPS systems and weather forecasting. What is one of the connections among these advances? Photonics technology! Photonics is the science of… Read more

Photonics Technician

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Do you enjoy watching cable television, texting on your phone, and surfing the Internet? Do you know anyone who has had eye surgery and been back to normal the next day? Are you curious how we obtain high resolution photos from outer space? Many of the advances in telecommunications, medicine and space are due to laser and fiber-optic technology. This technology has led to devices that provide faster and richer communication, advanced surgeries, and faster healing times, as well as amazing… Read more

Physics Teacher

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Our universe is full of matter and energy, and how that matter and energy moves and interacts in space and time is the subject of physics. Physics teachers spend their days showing and explaining the marvels of physics, which underlies all the other science subjects, including biology, chemistry, Earth and space science. Their work serves to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers, including all healthcare professionals. They also help all students better understand their… Read more

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