Full and Part-Time Work Experience Defined
Full-time experience is defined as a minimum of thirty-five (35) hours per week. Individuals who have part-time experience may be permitted to utilize prorated part-time experience to meet the work experience requirements.
The number of years of experience required must be completed within the time frame, specified in the requirements, calculated from the date of application
Simultaneous experience at two different places of employment in excess of 35 hours per week is not counted toward the experience requirement.
To document your experience:
Download reference form.
Reference forms must be completed by your employer (as defined in the eligibility requirements) and attached to a letter of authenticity signed by this individual verifying the authenticity of the form. This letter must be printed on original letterhead and state that the reference form was completed by the employer, with the date and signature. Reference forms will be audited to verify authenticity.
Attach the reference form(s) and letter(s) with your application and fee.
QIHC Experience
Applicants must have experience in the following areas:
- Immunohistochemical and/or Immunofluorescence Preparations
- Staining technique
- Selection of proper control material
- Titration of immunologic reagents
- Quality Assurance
- Method selection, validation, documentation
- Quality control
- Reagent selection, preparation, storage, disposal
- Safety
- Specimen fixation, processing, microtomy
QLI Experience
To fulfill experience for the Qualification in Laboratory Informatics, the candidate must document experience within the last four years in eight of the ten categories below:
- Computer system and data quality assurance
- Database administration
- Hardware/software change management and quality control
- Informatics system disaster recovery
- Interfaces: system to instrument
- Interfaces: system to system
- Policy and procedure development
- Security: physical data and administrative control
- Software installation, validation and maintenance
- System analysis
Experience is also required in six of the ten categories below:
- Billing and charge capture
- Budgeting and cost/benefit analysis
- Coding and nomenclature systems
- Hardware installation and maintenance
- Information system selection and procurement
- LIS user teaching/training
- Network and data communications
- Programming
- Regulatory compliance for clinical information systems and data
- Web site development and maintenance