# Competences — anatomical pathology technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4a5b3686-eea4-4ba0-b446-33f7b6a95aed).

## Essential

- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
- **adhere to organisational guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **apply context specific clinical competences** (skill/competence)
- **assist with reconstructing the body after autopsy** (skill/competence)
- **carry out an autopsy** (skill/competence)
- **communicate in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
- **conduct visits to the postmortem room** (skill/competence)
- **cope with unusual stimuli in the mortuary facility** (skill/competence)
- **follow clinical guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health** (skill/competence)
- **health care occupation-specific ethics** (knowledge)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **human physiology** (knowledge)
- **hygiene in a health care setting** (knowledge)
- **infection control** (knowledge)
- **legal requirements related to mortuary services** (knowledge)
- **manage infection control in the facility** (skill/competence)
- **medical informatics** (knowledge)
- **microbiology-bacteriology** (knowledge)
- **observe confidentiality** (skill/competence)
- **pathological anatomy** (knowledge)
- **pathology** (knowledge)
- **perform mortuary facility administration** (skill/competence)
- **perform pathology consultations** (skill/competence)
- **provide information on mortuary services** (skill/competence)
- **select hazard control** (skill/competence)
- **sterilization techniques** (knowledge)
- **take samples during autopsy** (skill/competence)
- **work in multidisciplinary health teams** (skill/competence)
- **work with authorities related to mortuary services** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers (skill/competence)
- conduct routine blood testing (skill/competence)
- dispose medical waste (skill/competence)
- first aid (knowledge)
- forensic pathology (knowledge)
- medical terminology (knowledge)
- osteology (knowledge)
- perform forensic examinations (skill/competence)
- perform PCR covid test (skill/competence)
- perform virological test (skill/competence)
- toxicology (knowledge)
- train employees (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 65 ads, as of 2026-07-08)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- specimen accessioning — **22 %**

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