These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current medical laboratory technician job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Medical Laboratory Technician
  • MLT
  • Clinical Laboratory Technician
  • CLT
  • Lab Technician
  • Medical Lab Tech
  • Laboratory Professional

Credentials

  • MLT(ASCP)
  • MLT(ASCP)CM
  • MLT(AMT)
  • NCLT
  • CLT
  • ASCP BOC
  • NAACLS
  • CLIA
  • state licensure

Analyser systems

  • Sysmex XN-1000
  • Sysmex XN-3000
  • Beckman Coulter DxH
  • Roche cobas 8000
  • Abbott ARCHITECT
  • Siemens ADVIA
  • VITEK 2
  • MALDI-TOF
  • Bruker Biotyper
  • Ortho Vision
  • Bio-Rad ID-MTS
  • Stago STA-R
  • Sysmex CS-2500
  • iSTAT
  • BacT/ALERT
  • BACTEC FX
  • Iris iQ200

Technical areas

  • hematology
  • CBC
  • manual differential
  • peripheral blood smear
  • coagulation
  • PT/INR
  • aPTT
  • urinalysis
  • urinalysis microscopy
  • chemistry
  • microbiology
  • blood bank
  • immunohematology
  • ABO/Rh typing
  • antibody screen
  • crossmatch
  • Gram stain
  • blood culture
  • MALDI-TOF identification

Quality

  • Westgard rules
  • Levey-Jennings
  • CAP proficiency testing
  • delta checks
  • QC
  • CLIA
  • critical value reporting

Long-tail phrases

  • medical laboratory technician resume
  • MLT resume
  • clinical lab technician resume
  • medical laboratory technician cv
  • MLT resume examples
  • medical laboratory technician resume 2026
  • ASCP resume
  • medical lab technician skills

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Medical Laboratory Technician resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.