Variant of CIP 2011- STEM groupings

51.1008 - Histologic technician

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of histotechnologists and other clinical laboratory scientists, to prepare and process tissue samples and perform routine histologic procedures and tests. These programs include courses in fixation, dehydration, embedding, sectioning, decalcification, microincineration, mounting, routine and special steaming, laboratory mathematics, laboratory procedures and safety, instrumentation and microscopy, computer applications, preparation of museum specimens, and recording and administrative procedures.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • histologic technician
  • Exclusion(s)

    • histologic technologist(51.1007)
    • histology(26.0401)
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